Track 4-1-2: Breeding Cultivated Forage Species for Biomass, Quality and Stress Tolerance
Description
Maize is the third most important cereal crop of the world and so also in India (Nadagoud et al., 2012). The diverse use of maize is rapidly increasing the demand of the crop and is replacing crops such as rice, sorghum, legumes and wheat in some areas (CIMMYT, 2013). Maize is largely treated as a single-purpose crop grown for grain, ignoring its potential for stover. Utilization of maize as dual purpose can meet the demand of both the poultry industry for grain and good quality stover for cattle feed. Maize stover the part of the crop left over after grain harvest, provides a promising option for feeding livestock in India (CIMMYT, 2013). The performance of line may not be same under different environments or years. But, a line may be said to be good if its performance is consistence. The newer maize lines/ hybrids have higher buffering capacity as well as disease tolerance than the older one. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was carried out to evaluate the maize lines for dual purpose.
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Performance of Dual Purpose Maize Line for Grain, Green Fodder, Stover Yield under the Semi-Arid Condition
Maize is the third most important cereal crop of the world and so also in India (Nadagoud et al., 2012). The diverse use of maize is rapidly increasing the demand of the crop and is replacing crops such as rice, sorghum, legumes and wheat in some areas (CIMMYT, 2013). Maize is largely treated as a single-purpose crop grown for grain, ignoring its potential for stover. Utilization of maize as dual purpose can meet the demand of both the poultry industry for grain and good quality stover for cattle feed. Maize stover the part of the crop left over after grain harvest, provides a promising option for feeding livestock in India (CIMMYT, 2013). The performance of line may not be same under different environments or years. But, a line may be said to be good if its performance is consistence. The newer maize lines/ hybrids have higher buffering capacity as well as disease tolerance than the older one. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was carried out to evaluate the maize lines for dual purpose.
