Sentence examples for varieties of maize from inspiring English sources

Plant researchers there are now developing drought-tolerant varieties of maize.

The country is home to more varieties of maize than any other.

Around Kabiyet, Western Seed Company, a small outfit that develops its own varieties of maize for smallholders, doubled production in 2010 and still sold out two months early.

It is concluded that, at the juvenile stage, landraces and improved varieties of maize have significantly different rhizosheath and RSA characteristics.

Growing modern varieties of maize or wheat does not detract from the richness or evenness of these cereals on household farms.

The results showed that there were significant coupling effects of urea types and subsoiling on nitrogen water use and yield of different varieties of maize.

For example, it is possible to breed varieties of corn (maize) much higher in lysine than previously existing varieties.

In Northern America, Archaic peoples east of the Mississippi River focused on pigweed and related species, while groups in Mesoamerica worked with wild varieties of corn (maize) and those in South America worked with wild potato species.

Moreover, due to the current focussing in breeding, improvement and use of only a few crop varieties, the diversity of maize landraces could be threatened in future.

If the initial experiments go well, an insect-resistant variety of maize may be tested next year.

The new variety of maize provides half [50 per cent] of the daily requirement.