Chapter 1 - Maize
Maize is presently the grain crop that covers the largest cultivated area, has the largest production, and the largest grain yield worldwide. In recent years, maize occupied an important part of the land previously cropped to other species and moved forward into many newly cultivated areas considered fragile on a global scale. In all cases, it produced extraordinary economic benefits together with serious sustainability concerns. Considering this context and future climate scenarios, in this chapter, we revisit and upgrade the ecophysiological and agronomic concepts that helped maize conquer its current leading status among all cultivated species.
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | info:ar-repo/semantics/parte de libro biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
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Academic Press
2020-12
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| Subjects: | Maíz, Producción Vegetal, Cultivos de Grano, Producción de Biomasa, Calidad de las Semillas, Ecofisiología, Mejora de Cultivos, Factores Climáticos, Ordenación de Recursos, Maize, Crop Production, Grain Crops, Biomass Production, Seed Quality, Ecophysiology, Crop Improvement, Climatic Factors, Resource Management, Número de Grano, Calidad del Grano, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10657 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128191941000013 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819194-1.00001-3 |
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| Summary: | Maize is presently the grain crop that covers the largest cultivated area, has the largest production, and the largest grain yield worldwide. In recent years, maize occupied an important part of the land previously cropped to other species and moved forward into many newly cultivated areas considered fragile on a global scale. In all cases, it produced extraordinary economic benefits together with serious sustainability concerns. Considering this context and future climate scenarios, in this chapter, we revisit and upgrade the ecophysiological and agronomic concepts that helped maize conquer its current leading status among all cultivated species. |
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