جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "corn" در نشریات گروه "منابع طبیعی"

The improper harvesting time can result in producing poor quality seed because leakage from the seed coat increases under these conditions. As such, it is critical to determine the proper seed moisture at the harvesting time. This study is included two years conducted in 2018 and 2019 as a factorial in the form of a randomized complete design under three replications. The first factor contains three corn varieties (Simon, AS71 and KSC703) whereas the second factor contains four harvesting times in terms of the seed moisture content (30, 35, 40 and 45%). The obtained results indicate that the highest electrical conductivity is observed in the early harvest treatment with 45% moisture, whereas the lowest electrical conductivity is observed in the treatment with 30% moisture at the harvesting time. The early harvest with 45% moisture decreases the viability as well as the percentage and germination rate of corn seeds. The highest viability of corn seeds at 35% moisture at the harvesting time is observed in AS71 varietie. Moreover, the germination of seeds of the Simon and KSC703 varieties did not reveal a statistically significant difference in the treatment of 30% moisture at the harvesting time with 35% and 40% moisture. The treatment with 45% moisture delayed the germination rate. In general, due to the reduction in the germination response at high moisture content at maturity time for standard and aging acceleration test, 30 and 35% moisture content at maturity time were found to be appropriate to produce high quality corn seeds.

The use of various types of polymers in the field of seed processing (coating seeds of various types of plants) has become very important in recent years. Polymer materials are used to add a mixture of fungicides and pesticides and growth regulators to help protect plant seedlings from growing and deploying better against pathogens and harmful insects in the early stages of plant growth. This research was carried out with the aim of making internal polymer and its feasibility study in seed of three sugar beet, corn and alfalfa crops during the years of 2014-2015. In order to compare the effect of foreign and internal polymer, seed quality, germination, abnormality percentage, Radicle length in laboratory and Seed vigor in greenhouse were evaluated. The results of the obtained spectra and surface tension the comparison of the polymer prepared with the foreign polymer used as a control. It can be concluded that the internalized polymer is physically and mechanically similar to that of an external polymer. Application of polymer in sugar beet cover had no adverse effect on germination and seed establishment. The results of this study showed that the synthesized internal polymer in this study can be used to coating the seeds of sugar beet and alfalfa and 1% and 1.5% for corn seeds in order to achieve optimum seed coating and not to have an adverse effect on their qualitative traits.

This experiment was done in seed and plant certification and registration institute laboratory in 2015. The treatments were corn seed produced in Karaj and Moghan , seed storing condition in two controlled and Free weather conditions stores also Disinfection and non- Disinfection. The experiment was conducted as factorial based on completely randomized design in three replications. Germination percent of Karaj seeds before accelerated aging test was 92 percent and after 144 hours aging, it reduced 3 percent in controlled storage and it dropped 6 percent in Moghan conditions storage. While similar condition led to a decrease of 18 and 28 percent in Moghan seeds produced. When seeds were stored in controlled storage, indicated 17 percent higher protein content compared to storage in Moghan conditions. Catalase activity of Karaj seeds was higher than Moghan seeds (14%). Seed treatment had significant effect on peroxidase and MDA content, as peroxidase activity in treated seeds was 11 percent higher and MDA content was 8 percent lower than untreated seeds. Karaj seeds in controlled storage had the highest peroxidase activity and the lowest MDA content. So production seed conditions in Moghan was more critical in terms of temperature and humidity than Karaj so the biochemical properties of seeds have been affected. So that Moghan seeds had less storability after storing. On the other hand, seeds in Moghan store subjected to more critical temperature and humidity than controlled condition so more deteriorated.

In order to investigate the effects of seed inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on some chemical characteristics and seed germination of corn (Zea mays L.) under drought stress conditoins, a factorial experiment based on randomized complete design with three replications was conducted at the physiology laboratory of Islamic Azad University Branch Ardabili, during 2015. Studied factors were: drought stress in four levels (Zero, -4, -8 and -12 bar) and seed inoculation with mycorrhizal fungus in four levels (no inoculation, seed inoculation with Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizoglomus fasciculatum and Claroideoglomu etanicatum. The results showed that the effect of drought stress and seeds inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi on germination components, seed protein content and antioxidant enzymes was significant at 1% probability Level. Seed inoculation with Rhizoglomus fasciculatum showed higher antioxidant enzymes activity and higher seed protein content compared with inoculation with Funneliformis mosseae, Claroideoglomus etanicatum and no inoculation. In drought stress conditions, plants will reduce oxidative stress leads to increased activity of antioxidant enzymes has been. The results of the mean comparison of data showed that with increasing drought stress germigation percen and germination rate index decreased and the means of germination time, increased. With respect to the results of this study, it seems that mycorrhiza fangi by an improvement in water and nutrient absorption, improve plant growth in drought stress condition. Thus, in order to increasing of germination components and chemical characteristics, it can be suggested that seeds inoculation of corn was applied with Rhizoglomus fasciculatum

One of the applications of solar systems in agriculture is in product dryers. Drying of agricultural products after harvesting stage is one of the major units operations in order to increase the length of storage and maintain its quality. The purpose of this research is to model and design a solar flat plate air collector in order to supply the energy need of a grain drying warehouse with an area of 36 square meters and assumed capacity of 1.5 tons of corn for each loading. The amount of the required energy to reduce the moisture content of corn (from 23% to 13%)  was calculated as 961.1 MJ/1.5 tons. To provide this amount of energy, two types of collectors, type A (without obstacle) and type B (with obstacle installation in the air channel) were analyzed by Matlab code. The use of obstacles in the air channel increased the thermal efficiency of the collector from 37 to 55 percent in the single cover type and from 48 to 62 percent in the double cover type. The average of the best tilt angle of the collector installation was recorded at 27.5 degrees in south direction. The required energy supply time (961/1 MJ/1.5 tons) for a solar system with an area of 30 square meters, for A and B type collectors was calculated as 41.25 and 27.69 hours in single cover and, 31.14 and 24.1 hours in two cover, respectively.

In this research, cleaning, drying and grading of corn seed were investigated in Ardabil provinces (Mogan zone). Beside investigation of corn seed drying and processing machineries, some items such as moisture changes of corn seeds, broken and cracked seeds studied during process steps in four seed process factories. Although the most seed breaking belong to the large and round seeds, the most cracked seeds observed in round seeds. Cracked seeds had increasing trend and direct relationship with moisture. Numbers and revolution speed of bucket elevators had direct effect on seeds physical damages. It may increase seed cracking more than 30 percent. In totality about 15 percent of seeds go out of process line as broken seeds. Besides 30 percent of seeds cracked during process. Endosperm damages increased risk of planting and cusses to lack or poor germination.

In order to study the effects of osmopriming on the germination of silage corn seeds (K.SC 704), a factorial experiment in a randomized completely block design with three replications was carried out in Qaemshahr faculty of agricultures lab in 2009. Factors included PEG with the density of 5 and 10%, KNO3 with the density of 1 and 2% and KCl 2 and 4% in the periods of 8, 16 and 24 hours. Primary root and length (mm), germination rate (Seed/day number), primary root  and shoot tresh weight (gr), primary t root dry (gr) weight, primary root/ primary shoot length proportion (R/S), primary root/ primary shoot tresh weight proportion (R/S), primary root/ primary shoot dry weight proportion (R/S) and normal seedlings number were measured. The results indicated that the maximum length of root is obtained (R/S) under factors of time and priming PEG with the density of 5% and time of 16 hours, but the highest amount of length of roots and stems and wet weight (R/S) with prime by PEG and KNO3 with the density of 5 and 2% in the period of 24 hours was recorded. The highest rate of germination and wet weight of root with priming PEG and KNO3 was obtained with the density of 5 and 2%.