Corn Origin, History, Technology, and Production

by Smith, C. Wayne; Betrá; n, Javier; Runge, Edward C. A.

• ISBN13: 9780471411840
• ISBN10: 0471411841
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Your all-in-one guide to corn. This book provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing, and worldwide utilization. This is the fourth, and final, volume in the series of comprehensive references on the major crops of the world. Covers new biotechnology techniques for plant breeding and pest management Provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing and worldwide utilization.

Author Biography

C. Wayne Smith is an associate professor and director of the Archaeological Preservation Research Laboratory - APRL . He holds the INA Faculty Fellowship. Working as a conservator, he specializes in the preservation of organic artifacts using silicone oils, resins, and other polymers. Archaeological Conservation Using Polymers, his most recent work published by Texas A&M University Press, discusses practical applications for the stabilization of organic artifacts. Since 1981, he has participated in survey and shipwreck assessment in the Great Lakes and participated as a student and research assistant in excavations at Port Royal, Jamaica. Working in conjunction with Donny L. Hamilton of Texas A&M University and Dow Corning Corporation of Midland, Michigan, he has developed and patented new conservation strategies and industrial applications. He also participates in numerous joint international research projects.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Contributors.

SECTION I: ORIGIN, DOMESTICATION, AND HISTORY.

Chapter 1.1 Corn, Strange and Marvelous: But Is a Definitive Origin Known? (G. Wilkes).

Chapter 1.2 Changes in Performance, Parentage, and Genetic Diversity of Successful Corn Hybrids, 1930-2000 (D. Duvick, et al.). 

Chapter 1.3 Gerplasm Resources (S. Taba, et al.).

Chapter 1.4 Persistent and Popular Germplasm in Seventy Centuries of Corn Evolution (A. Troyer).

SECTION II: THE CORN PLANT.

Chapter 2.1 Physiology of the Corn Plant (M. Westgate, et al.).

Chapter 2.2 The Corn Kernel (L. Rooney, et al.).

Chapter 2.3 Corn Breeding (F. Betrán, et al.).

Chapter 2.4 Biotechnology: New Horizons (S. Kaeppler).

Chapter 2.5 Cytogenetics of Corn (J. Birchler, et al.).

SECTION III: PRODUCTION.

Chapter 3.1 Production Statistics (P. Bebeli & C. Smith).

Chapter 3.2 Corn Management (D. Hicks & P. Thomison).

Chapter 3.3 World Corn Production Practices (J. Ransom, et al.).

Chapter 3.4 Hybrid Corn Seed Production (D. Beck).

Chapter 3.5 Insect Control (T. Royer, et al.).

Chapter  3.6 Disease Control (D. Jeffers).

Chapter 3.7 Weed Control (R. Kremer).

Chapter 3.8 Corn Marketing (R. Wisner & E. Baldwin).

SECTION IV: PRODUCT PROCESSING.

Chapter 4.1 Harvest and Harvest Equipment (G. Quick).

Chapter 4.2 On-Farm Handling, Storage, and Quality (D. Maier).

Chapter 4.3 Corn Processing and Products (F. Orthoefer & J. Eastman).

Chapter 4.4 Specialty Corns (A. Hallauer).

Index.