Part 1 Maize cultivation techniques
1.Modelling crop growth and grain yield in maize cultivation: Alam
Sher, Xiaoli Liu and Jincai Li, Anhui Agricultural University,
China; and Youhong Song, Anhui Agricultural University, China and
The University of Queensland, Australia;
2.Optimizing maize-based cropping systems: sustainability, good
agricultural practices (GAP) and yield goals: Charles Wortmann,
Patricio Grassini and Roger W. Elmore, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, USA;
3.Maize seed variety selection and seed system development: the
case of southern Africa: Peter S. Setimela, Global Maize Program,
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT),
Zimbabwe;
4.Good agricultural practices for maize cultivation: the case of
West Africa: Alpha Kamara, International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria;
5.Zero-tillage cultivation of maize: Wade E. Thomason, Bee Khim
Chim and Mark S. Reiter, Virginia Tech University, USA;
6.Conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification of maize
and other cereal systems: the case of Latin America: Bram Govaerts,
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico;
Isabelle François, Consultant, USA; and Nele Verhulst,
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT),
Mexico;
7.Precision maize cultivation techniques: Louis Longchamps,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; and Raj Khosla, Colorado
State University, USA;
8.Improving nutrient management for sustainable intensification of
maize: Kaushik Majumdar, International Plant Nutrition Institute -
South Asia, India; Shamie Zingore, International Plant Nutrition
Institute - sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya; Fernando Garcia and Adrian
Correndo, International Plant Nutrition Institute - Latin America -
Southern Cone, Argentina; Jagadish Timsina, University of
Melbourne, Australia; Adrian M. Johnston, International Plant
Nutrition Institute, Canada;
9.Crop rotation: a sustainable system for maize production: Bao-Luo
Ma, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada; and Zhigang Wang, Inner Mongolia Agricultural
University, China;
10.Intercropping in sustainable maize cultivation: Abeya Temesgen,
Shu Fukai and Daniel Rodriguez, The University of Queensland,
Australia;
11.Climate risk management in maize cropping systems: Daniel
Rodriguez, Caspar Roxburgh, Claire Farnsworth, Ariel Ferrante,
Joseph Eyre, Stuart Irvine-Brown, James McLean, Martin Bielich,
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI),
The University of Queensland, Australia;
12.Advances in maize post-harvest management: Tadele Tefera,
International Center of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE),
Ethiopia;
Part 2 Maize pests, diseases and weeds
13.Economically important insect pests of maize: William D.
Hutchison and Theresa M. Cira, University of Minnesota, USA;
14.Nematodes associated with maize: T. L. Niblack, The Ohio State
University, USA;
15.Control of rodent pests in maize cultivation: the case of
Africa: Loth S. Mulungu, Sokoine University of Agriculture,
Tanzania;
16.Rapid response to disease outbreaks in maize cultivation: the
case of maize lethal necrosis: George Mahuku, International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Tanzania and P. Lava
Kumar, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Nigeria;
17.Controlling aflatoxins in maize in Africa: strategies,
challenges and opportunities for improvement: Amare Ayalew and
Martin Kimanya, Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa,
Ethiopia; Limbikani Matumba, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, Malawi; Ranajit Bandyopadhayay and Abebe Menkir,
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria; Peter
Cotty, USDA-ARS, USA;
18.Integrated weed management in maize cultivation: an overview:
Khawar Jabran, Duzce University, Turkey, Mubshar Hussain, Bahauddin
Zakariya University, Pakistan and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan, The
University of Queensland, Australia;
19.Weed management of maize grown under temperate conditions: the
case of Europe and the United States: Vasileios P. Vasileiadis and
Maurizio Sattin, National Research Council (CNR), Institute of
Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology, Italy and Per Kudsk, Aarhus
University, Denmark;
"This publication promises to be a path-breaking contribution to agricultural research and development." Professor Mankombu (M. S.) Swaminathan, Recipient of the first World Food Prize in 1987 and listed by Time magazine as one of the 20 most influential Asian people of the twentieth century.
Dr Dave Watson is a leading authority on sustainable development and optimising value chains in agriculture. He has taught courses on sustainable development for the University of Hull (UK), as well as managing research and development programmes for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico. Dr Watson is editor of the two-volume Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize, also published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. Dr. William (Bill) Hutchison is a Professor and Extension Entomologist at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA. His expertise is applied insect population ecology, as it relates to the development of innovative Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs for a variety of fruit and vegetable crops. He has also been active in evaluating the long-term sustainability of insect-resistant, genetically engineered (GE) maize, and implementing GE crops into IPM programs. He is also active in international IPM research, with a current US-AID project in East Africa. Professor Per Kudsk is Head of the Crop Health Section in the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, Denmark. An internationally-known expert in integrated weed management, he is a former President of the European Weed Research Society. Professor Kudsk has played a leading role in EU research projects such as IWMPRAISE and the ENDURE Network as well as in the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO).
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