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 considere...
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| Format: | info:ar-repo/semantics/parte de libro |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Academic Press
2021
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| 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 |
| 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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