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Bibliografi 2003 Proquest BIBLIOGRAFI 2003 PROQUEST Accumulation of fumonisins B1 and B2 in freshly harvested Brazilian commercial maize at three locations during two nonconsecutive seasons/Simone M. Camargos, Lucia M. Valente Soares, Eduardo Sawazaki, Denizart Bolonhezi, Jairo L. Castro, Nelson Bortolleto. Mycopathologia. Dordrecht:May 2003. Vol. 155, Iss. 4, p. 219-228 Best types of maize hybrids for the Western High Plains of the USA/F R Guillen-Portal, W K Russell, D D Baltensperger, K M Eskridge, et al. Crop Science. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 43, Iss. 6, p. 2065-2070 Canning Gold: Northern New England's Sweet Corn Industry/ Derek Oden. Agricultural History. Berkeley:Fall 2003. Vol. 77, Iss. 4, p. 617-619 Canopy Structure, Light Interception, and Photosynthesis in Maize/D W Stewart, C Costa, L M Dwyer, D L Smith, et al. Agronomy Journal. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 95, Iss. 6, p. 1465-1474 Chaco corn import /Constance Holden. Science. Washington:Oct 24, 2003. Vol. 302, Iss. 5645, p. 561 Characterization of the stimulating effect of low-dose stressors in maize and bean seedlings/Peter Nyitrai, Karoly Boka, Laszlo Gaspar, Eva Sarvari, et al. Journal of Plant Physiology. Stuttgart:Oct 2003. v. 160, Iss. 10, p. 1175-83 Comparing methods for integrating exotic germplasm into European forage maize breeding programs1/Domagoj Simic, Thomas Presterl, Gunter Seitz, Hartwig H Geiger. Crop Science. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 43, Iss. 6, p. 1952-1959 Bibliografi Hasil Penelitian Pertanian : Komoditas Jagung 1 Comparison of Broiler Performance When Fed Diets Containing Grain from Yield Gard1 Rootworm (MON863), YieldGard Plus (MON810 W MON863), Nontransgenic Control, or Commercial Reference Corn Hybrids/M L Taylor, Y Hyun, G F Hartnell, S G Riordan, et al. Poultry Science. Savoy:Dec 2003. Vol. 82, Iss. 12, p. 1948-56 Corn silage management: Effects of hybrid, maturity, chop length, and mechanical processing on rate and extent of digestion/ L M Johnson, J H Harrison, D Davidson, C Hunt, et al. Journal of Dairy Science. Champaign:Oct 2003. Vol. 86, Iss. 10, p. 3271- 3299 Corn processing method in finishing diets containing wet corn gluten feed1/T L Scott, C T Milton, G E Erickson, T J Klopfenstein, R A Stock. Journal of Animal Science. Savoy:Dec 2003. Vol. 81, Iss. 12, p. 3182-3190 Corn (Zea mays L.) Yield Prediction Using Multispectral and Multidate Reflectance/Jiyul Chang, David E Clay, Kevin Dalsted, Sharon Clay, Mary O'Neill. Agronomy Journal. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 95, Iss. 6, p. 1447-1453 Corn Processing Industry Coproducts: Issues and Challenges, Part I/Sakharam K Patil. Cereal Foods World. St. Paul:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 48, Iss. 6, p. 363-364 DNA sequence-based "bar codes" for tracking the origins of expressed sequence tags from a maize cDNA library constructed using multiple mRNA sources1/ Fang Qiu, Ling Guo, Tsui-Jung Wen, Feng Liu, et al. Plant Physiology. Rockville:Oct 2003. Vol. 133, Iss. 2, p. 475-481 Deletion derivatives of the MuDR regulatory transposon of maize encode antisense transcripts but are not dominant-negative regulators of Mutator activities/Soo-Hwan Kim, Virginia Walbot. Plant Cell. Rockville:Oct 2003. Vol. 15, Iss. 10, p. 2430-2447 2 Development of protoporphyrinogen oxidase as an efficient selection marker for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of maize/Xianggan Li, Sandy L Volrath, David B G Nicholl, Charles E Chilcott, et al. Plant Physiology. Rockville:Oct 2003. Vol. 133, Iss. 2, p. 736-747 Diurnal Regulation of Water Transport and Aquaporin Gene Expression in Maize Roots: Contribution of PIP2 Proteins/Felicie Lopez, Agnes Bousser, Igor Sissoeff, Marilia Gaspar, Bertrand Lachaise, Jackson Hoarau, Aline Mahe. Plant & Cell Physiology. Oxford:Dec 15, 2003. Vol. 44, Iss. 12, p. 1384-95 Divergent selection for resistance to maize weevil in six maize populations/Thanda Dhliwayo, Kevin V Pixley. Crop Science. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 43, Iss. 6, p. 2043-2049 Dominance and genetic drift: Predicted effects of population subdivision in a maize population/ Jode W Edwards, Kendall R Lamkey. Crop Science. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 43, Iss. 6, p. 2006-2017 Early allelic selection in maize as revealed by ancient DNA/Viviane Jaenicke- Despres, Ed S Buckler, Bruce D Smith, M Thomas P Gilbert, et al. Science. Washington:Nov 14, 2003. Vol. 302, Iss. 5648, p. 1206-8 eEF1A isoforms change in abundance and actin-binding activity during maize endosperm development1/Jose A Lopez-Valenzuela, Bryan C Gibbon, Peter A Hughes, Theo W Dreher, Brian A Larkins. Plant Physiology. Rockville:Nov 2003. Vol. 133, Iss. 3, p. 1285-1295 Effect of addition of ripe bananas on some physico-chemical properties of maize 'extract'/U Okezie, C T Akanbi, E T Otunola, I A Adeyemi. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. Basingstoke:Nov 2003. Vol. 54, Iss. 6, p. 437-445 Effects of corn silage hybrid and dietary concentration of forage NDF on digestibility and performance by dairy cows/X Qiu, M L Eastridge, Z Wang. Journal of Dairy Science. Champaign:Nov 2003. Vol. 86, Iss. 11, p. 3667- 3674 Bibliografi Hasil Penelitian Pertanian : Komoditas Jagung 3 Effects of corn silage processing and amino acid supplementation on the performance of lactating dairy cows1/D R Ouellet, H Lapierre, J Chiquette. Journal of Dairy Science. Champaign:Nov 2003. v. 86, Iss. 11, p. 3675-3684 The effect of corn silage particle size on eating behavior, chewing activities, and rumen fermentation in lactating dairy cows/P J Kononoff, A J Heinrichs, H A Lehman. Journal of Dairy Science. Champaign:Oct 2003. v. 86, Iss. 10, p. 3343-3353 Effects of enzyme combinations on apparent metabolizable energy of corn- soybean meal-based diets in broilers/ A Kocher, M Choct, G Ross, J Broz, T K Chung. Journal of Applied Poultry Res.. Savoy:Fall 2003. v. 12, Iss. 3, p. 275-283 Effects of the GM Controversy on Iowa Corn-Soybean Farmers' Acreage Allocation Decisions/ Corinne Alexander, Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Rachael E Goodhue. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Logan:Dec 2003. Vol. 28, Iss. 3, p. 580-595 (16 pp.) The effect of Lactobacillus buchneri and Lactobacillus plantarum on the fermentation, aerobic stability, and ruminal degradability of low dry matter corn and sorghum silages/ I Filya. Journal of Dairy Science. Champaign:Nov 2003. v. 86, Iss. 11, p. 3575-3581 Effects of Nitrogen Rate, Irrigation Rate, and Plant Population on Corn Yield and Water Use Efficiency/Mahdi M Al-Kaisi, Xinhua Yin. Agronomy Journal. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 95, Iss. 6, p. 1475-1482 The Effect of Steam-Flaked or Dry Ground Corn and Supplemental Phytic Acid on Phosphorus Partitioning and Ruminal Phytase Activity in Lactating Cows /A D Guyton, J M McKinney, K F Knowlton. Journal of Dairy Science. Champaign:Dec 2003. v. 86, Iss. 12, p. 3972-3982 Enrichment of Gene-Coding Sequences in Maize by Genome Filtration /C A Whitelaw, W B Barbazuk, G Pertea, A P Chan, et al. Science. Washington:Dec 19, 2003. Vol. 302, Iss. 5653, p. 2118-20 4 Evaluation of Low-Phytate Corn and Barley on Broiler Chick Performance/ D A Jang, J G Fadel, K C Klasing, A J Mireles Jr, et al. Poultry Science. Savoy:Dec 2003. Vol. 82, Iss. 12, p. 1914-24 Field calibration for corn of the Mehlich-3 soil phosphorus test with colorimetric and inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy determination methods/Antonio P Mallarino. Soil Science Society of America Journal. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 67, Iss. 6, p. 1928-1934 Genetic components of yield stability in maize breeding populations/E A Lee, T K Doerksen, L W Kannenberg. Crop Science. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 43, Iss. 6, p. 2018-2027 Improvement of forage quality by downregulation of maize O- methyltransferase/Xu He, Mary Beth Hall, Maria Gallo-Meagher, Rex L Smith. Crop Science. Madison:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 43, Iss. 6, p. 2240-2251 Isolation and characterization of a soluble branched starch fraction from corn masa associated with adhesiveness1/Michael B Miklus, Bruce R Hamaker. Cereal Chemistry. St. Paul:Nov/Dec 2003. Vol. 80, Iss. 6, p. 693-698 King corn/James F Crow. Science. Washington:Oct 17, 2003. Vol. 302, Iss. 5644, p. 394-395 Loss of an MDR transporter in compact stalks of Maize br2 and sorghum dw3 mutants / Dilbag S Multani, Steven P Briggs, Mark A Chamberlin, Joshua J Blakeslee, et al. Science. Washington:Oct 3, 2003. Vol. 302, Iss. 5642, p. 81-4 Maize Genome Sequencing by Methylation Filtration/Lance E Palmer, Pablo D Rabinowicz, Andrew L O'Shaughnessy, Vivekanand S Balija, et al. Science. Washington:Dec 19, 2003. Vol. 302, Iss. 5653, p. 2115-7 Bibliografi Hasil Penelitian Pertanian : Komoditas Jagung 5 The maize Single myb histone 1 gene, Smh1, belongs to a novel gene family and encodes a protein that binds telomere DNA repeats in vitro/Calin O Marian, Stefano J Bordoli, Marion Goltz, Rachel A Santarella, et al. Plant Physiology. Rockville:Nov 2003. Vol. 133, Iss. 3, p. 1336-1350 Maize phytoene desaturase and [zeta]-carotene desaturase catalyse a poly-Z desaturation pathway: implications for genetic engineering of carotenoid content among cereal crops / Paul D. Matthews, RuiBai Luo, Eleanore T. Wurtzel. J. of Experimental Botany. Oxford:Oct 01, 2003. v. 54, Iss. 391, p. 2215-30 Milk fatty acid composition of cows fed a total mixed ration or pasture plus concentrates replacing corn with fat /G F Schroeder, J E Delahoy, I Vidaurreta, F Bargo, et al. J. of Dairy Science. Champaign:Oct 2003. Vol. 86, Iss. 10, p. 3237-3248 Nitrogen Supplementation of Corn Silages. 2. Assessing Rumen Function Using Fatty Acid Profiles of Bovine Milk /A R J Cabrita, A J M Fonseca, R J Dewhurst, E Gomes.
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