"Maize is one of the most important and widely grown cereal crops in the world and is a staple food for almost a billion people, particularly in the developing world. It has been estimated that maize yields need to increase by 60% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and diseases and the need to make cultivation more resource-efficient and sustainable. Dr ..."
Improving wheat productivity By optimizing row spacing in wheat cultivars differing in tillering potential by Shahid Farooq, Zahid Mahmood, MubsharHussain Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2014 by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing ISBN-13: 978-3-659-51625-2, ISBN: 3-659-51625-2
"Ever increasing population of the globe and use of productive agricultural lands for housing has posed serious threat to future food supply. Low productivity of wheat due to different management practices is a serious problem. Different wheat cultivars are sown in Pakistan in same conventional row spacing ignoring their tillering potential. Optimizing row spacing for different wheat cultivars differing in tillering capacity improves the ..."