scholarly journals Profitability of Hybrid Maize (Zea mays L.) Seed Production Under Contract Farming in Bangladesh: A Farm Level Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Haque ◽  
Monir Uz Zaman ◽  
MS Rahman ◽  
QM Alam
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Hybrid Seed ◽  
High Price ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Hybrid Seed Production ◽  
Maize Seed ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
Net Return ◽  
Hybrid Maize

The study was conducted with three catagories of seed producers, namely BADC farms at Dattanagar, Jhenaidah and Tabunia, Pabna as public agency, LAL TEER Seed Company in Lalmonirhat district as private company and BRAC farm in Bogra district as NGO during Rabi season of 2007-08 to know the present status and profitability of hybrid maize seed production. A total of 60 hybrid maize seed contract growers and 120 maize (Non-seed) growers were selected randomly for the study. The cost of production was found higher for NGO (Tk. 66472/ha) than the public agency (64836/ha) and private company (Tk. 59352/ha). The yield of hybrid seed was highest under NGO (3780 kg/ha) than that of public agency and private company. Net return of hybrid seed production for contract growers was higher under public agency (Tk. 78204/ha) compared to private company (Tk. 39088/ha) and NGO (Tk. 33246/ha). Benefit cost ratio (BCR) was higher for the contract growers of public agency (2.21) Net return of hybrid maize seed production was 50% higher than that of non-seed production. High price of seed and lack of technical knowledge were major constraints of hybrid maize seed production in the study areas. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v37i2.11237 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 37(2): 327-334, June 2012    

Staining techniques to ascertain CMS/FR system in maize (Zea mays L.) for hybrid development

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
ISHFAQ ABIDI ◽  
G ALI ◽  
ZA DAR ◽  
SHABIR H WANI ◽  
ASIF M IQBAL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Female Parent ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Hybrid Seed Production ◽  
Maize Seed ◽  
Maize Pollen ◽  
Seed Industry ◽  
Great Utility ◽  
Staining Techniques ◽  
Hybrid Maize

The major hurdle impeding the wide adoption of hybrid maize, in developing countries particularly in high altitudes of Indian Himalayas has been the cost consideration. Hybrid maize seed is generally 4-10 times more expensive than the seed of OPVs and often beyond the purchasing power of poor farmers who have limited resources and little access to the credit facilities. The seed production costs, therefore, need to be reduced drastically to make it available to the farmers at affordable prices. Currently, the hybrid maize seed is produced by detasseling of seed parent is labour intensive and costs 280-300 US dollars per hectare. Cytoplasmic male sterility (genetic emasculation) therefore, has been looked since long back as a sound and sustainable alternative to bring down the hybrid seed production costs besides adding purity to the end product. CMS plants are characterized by their inability to produce viable pollen while having little or no effect on female fertility. The unique pattern of inheritance (CMS is transmitted only through female parent) has enabled the CMS trait to be of great utility to plant breeders and the commercial seed industry. Staining techniques used in present investigation helped in the objective classification of maize pollen into fertile and sterile phenotypes in maize.

scholarly journals Proportion of parental line (A receptor and R pollinator) seeds improving rice hybrid production

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 45629
Author(s):  
Adriano Stephan Nascente ◽  
Paulo Ricardo Reis Fagundes ◽  
Vitor Henrique Vaz Mondo ◽  
Mabio Chrisley Lacerda
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Grain Quality ◽  
Hybrid Seed ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
High Price ◽  
Parental Line ◽  
Rice Grain ◽  
Hybrid Seed Production ◽  
Rice Hybrid ◽  
Hybrid Seeds

The high price of rice hybrid seeds is one of the major limiting factors for increasing the use of this technology. An important step toward minimizing high rice hybrid seed cost is developing techniques that help improve hybrid seed yield. Our goal was to determine the proportion of seeds of line A (receptor) and line R (pollinator) that, under mixed sowing, would allow optimized rice hybrid seed production and grain quality. Trials were performed for two growing seasons in the southern region of Brazil. The cultivar INTA Puita was used as a pollinator and line 464 A as receptor. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications. Treatments included six proportions of seeds of the INTA Puita (0.75, 1.5, 3.0, 6.0, 12.0, and 24.00%) mixture with seeds of line 464 A (99.25, 98.50, 97.00, 94.00, 88.00, and 76%, respectively). By increasing the percentage of the pollinator seeds (INTA Puita CL) from 0.75 to 24% in the mixture with the receptor (line 464 A), we increased yield of INTA Puita CL grains (7 to 2676 kg ha-1) and hybrid seeds (279 to 1493 kg ha-1). The mixture of different proportions of INTA Puita CL (pollinator) with the receptor (line 464 A) did not change the rice grain quality or the production cost. The cost of production per kg of hybrid seeds decreased quadratically with the increasing percentage of the pollinator (INTA Puita CL), from US$ 6.71 to US$ 1.23. Revenue achieved from the commercialization of the grains of INTA Puita CL with hybrid seeds 464 A showed quadratic increases with the increased percentage of INTA Puita cl in the mixture. Our results showed a potential technique that could be used to improve hybrid seed production, reduce cost per kg of hybrid seed and improve revenue from producing rice hybrid seeds.

Techniques of Hybrid Seed Production in Egg Plant

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Vindhyachal Prasad ◽  
S. K. Dasgupta ◽  
S. K. Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
Hybrid Seed ◽  
Hybrid Seed Production ◽  
Egg Plant

scholarly journals Molecular regulation ofZmMs7required for maize male fertility and development of a dominant male-sterility system in multiple species

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (38) ◽  
pp. 23499-23509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueli An ◽  
Biao Ma ◽  
Meijuan Duan ◽  
Zhenying Dong ◽  
Ruogu Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Male Sterility ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Hybrid Seed ◽  
Molecular Regulation ◽  
Dominant Male ◽  
Hybrid Seed Production ◽  
Maize Breeding ◽  
Pollen Exine ◽  
Multiple Species

Understanding the molecular basis of male sterility and developing practical male-sterility systems are essential for heterosis utilization and commercial hybrid seed production in crops. Here, we report molecular regulation by genic male-sterility genemaize male sterility 7(ZmMs7) and its application for developing a dominant male-sterility system in multiple species.ZmMs7is specifically expressed in maize anthers, encodes a plant homeodomain (PHD) finger protein that functions as a transcriptional activator, and plays a key role in tapetal development and pollen exine formation. ZmMs7 can interact with maize nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) subunits to form ZmMs7-NF-YA6-YB2-YC9/12/15 protein complexes that activate target genes by directly binding to CCAAT box in their promoter regions. Premature expression ofZmMs7in maize by an anther-specific promoterp5126results in dominant and complete male sterility but normal vegetative growth and female fertility. Early expression ofZmMs7downstream genes induced by prematurely expressed ZmMs7 leads to abnormal tapetal development and pollen exine formation inp5126-ZmMs7maize lines. Thep5126-ZmMs7transgenic rice andArabidopsisplants display similar dominant male sterility. Meanwhile, themCherrygene coupled withp5126-ZmMs7facilitates the sorting of dominant sterility seeds based on fluorescent selection. In addition, both thems7-6007recessive male-sterility line andp5126-ZmMs7Mdominant male-sterility line are highly stable under different genetic germplasms and thus applicable for hybrid maize breeding. Together, our work provides insight into the mechanisms of anther and pollen development and a promising technology for hybrid seed production in crops.

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