International Maize and Wheat

Fischer, K.S., Johnson, E.C. Edmeades, G.O. (1983). Breeding and Selection for Drought Resistance in Tropical Maize. Mexico International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. 

Hede, A.R. (2001) A new approach to triticale improvement. Research Highlights of the CIMMYT Wheat Program, 1999-2000. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Oaxaca, Mexico, pp. 21-26. 

Anon. In ACIMMT Research Highlights 1984. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 1985 29-35. 

Nobel Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal Laureate, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A M University, College Station, Texas, USA International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico Sasakawa Africa Association, The Nippon Foundation, Tokyo, Japan... 

Jajic, L, Juric, V., GlamoCic, D., Abramovic, B. (2008). Occurrence of deoxynivalenol in maize and wheat in Serbia. International Journal ofMolectdar Sciences, Vol. 9, No. 11, (November 2008), 2114-2126, ISSN 1422-0067. 

Starch is one of the most abimdant plant polysaccharides and is a major source of carbohydrates and energy in the human diet (Zobel and Stephen, 1995). Starch is the most widely used hydrocolloid in the food industry (Wanous, 2004), and is also a widely used industrial substrate polymer. Total annual world production of starch is approximately 60 million MT and it is predicted to increase by additional approximately 10 million MT by 2010 (FAO, 2006b LMC International, 2002 S. K. Patil and Associates, 2007). Com/maize Zea mays L.), cassava (also known as tapioca—Manihot escu-lenta Crantn.), sweet potato Ipomoea batatas L.), wheat Triticum aestivum L.), and potato Solanum tuberosum L.) are the major sources of starch, while rice Oryza sativa L.), barley Hordeum vulgare L.), sago Cycas spp.), arrowroot Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kimtze), buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum Moench), etc. contribute in lesser amounts to total global production. 

Farm economy Mainly subsistence based Still subsistence based with a small fraction of farmers engaging in commercial farming especially in the production of wheat, pyrethrum and tea. Economic dependency on credits on a steady increase escalating prices of the external inputs Subsistence based with a number of farmers engaged in market oriented production of crops such as tea, wheat, pyrethrum and also maize for market increasing Poverty, income by farm products limited as well as additional income (charcoal) - Due to poor market prices for farmers produce both locally and in the international markets... 

Sinha, A.K. 1994. The impact of insect pests on aflatoxin contamination of stored wheat and maize. In Stored Product Protection Proceedings of the 6th International Working Conference on Stored-product Protection (E. Highley, EJ. Wright, HJ. Banks, and B.R. Champ, eds), pp. 1059-1063. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 

The word maize is preferred in international usage because in many countries the term com, the name by which the plant is known in the United States, is synonymous with the leading cereal grain thus, in England corn refers to wheat, and in Scotland and Ireland it refers to oats. 

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