Dry matter yield and nutritive value of corn, forage sorghum, and BMR forage sorghum at different plant populations and nitrogen rates

MA Marsalis, SV Angadi, FE Contreras-Govea - Field Crops Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Total on-farm inputs must be reduced in order to ensure agricultural sustainability as input
costs increase worldwide. Forage sorghum [FS; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] may provide …

Forage potential of pearl millet and forage sorghum alternatives to corn under the water‐limiting conditions of the Texas high plains: A review

B Bhattarai, S Singh, CP West… - Crop, Forage & Turfgrass …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Declining groundwater supplies, the increasing cost of irrigation, and excessive
summer dryness threaten the sustainability of corn production in the Texas High Plains …

Characterization of a chitosan‐based sustained release nanofertilizer formulation used as a soil conditioner while simultaneously improving biomass production of …

D Kubavat, K Trivedi, P Vaghela… - Land Degradation & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Slow release nanofertilizers are of interest for reducing soil nutrient losses and preventing
land degradation associated with established fertilizer use due to use of fertilizers. Chitosan …

Corn forage yield and quality for silage in short growing season areas of the Canadian prairies

J Guyader, VS Baron, KA Beauchemin - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
The development of short-season hybrids has made corn (Zea mays L.) silage (CS)
production possible in cooler areas. This work aimed at determining biomass yield and …

High temperature effects on photosynthate partitioning and sugar metabolism during ear expansion in maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes

R Suwa, H Hakata, H Hara, HA El-Shemy… - Plant Physiology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Short hot and dry spells before, or during, silking have an inordinately large effect on maize
(Zea mays L.; corn) grain yield. New high yielding genotypes could be developed if the …

Analysis of growing degree-days as a climate impact indicator in a region with extreme annual air temperature amplitude

EA Grigorieva, A Matzarakis, CR De Freitas - Climate Research, 2010 - int-res.com
We used the concept of growing degree-days (GDD) as a measure of the agricultural
potential of climate on a regional scale in the southern part of the Russian Far East, the …

Yield and nutritive value of maize (Zea mays L.) forage as affected by plant density, sowing date and age at harvest

HSA Salama - Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2019 - agronomy.it
The current study was carried out in Alexandria, Egypt and investigated the effect of sowing
date; 1 st May, 1 st July, and 1 st September 2017 and 2018, and age at harvest; 45, 55 and …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of four corn varieties at different harvest stages for silage production in Malaysia

MH Nazli, RA Halim, AM Abdullah… - … journal of animal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Apart from various climatic differences, corn harvest stage and varieties are two
major factors that can influence the yield and quality of corn silage in the tropics. A study was …

Distinct driving mechanisms of non-growing season N2O emissions call for spatial-specific mitigation strategies in the US Midwest

Y Yang, L Liu, W Zhou, K Guan, J Tang, T Kim… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural N 2 O emission is a growing concern for climate change. Recent field evidence
suggests that non-growing seasons (NGS) may contribute one-third to half of the annual N 2 …

Hybrid, maturity, and cutting height interactions on corn forage yield and quality

AL Lewis, WJ Cox, JH Cherney - Agronomy Journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Corn (Zea mays L.) hybrids may show different silage quality responses to harvest date and
cutting height because hybrids differ in neutral detergent fiber (NDF) digestibility. A brown …