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Journal articles on the topic "Maize leaf development"

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Streck, Nereu Augusto, Josana Andréia Langner, and Isabel Lago. "Maize leaf development under climate change scenarios." Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 45, no. 11 (November 2010): 1227–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2010001100001.

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The objective of this work was to simulate maize leaf development in climate change scenarios at Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, considering symmetric and asymmetric increases in air temperature. The model of Wang & Engel for leaf appearance rate (LAR), with genotype-specific coefficients for the maize variety BRS Missões, was used to simulate tip and expanded leaf accumulated number from emergence to flag leaf appearance and expansion, for nine emergence dates from August 15 to April 15. LAR model was run for each emergence date in 100-year climate scenarios: current climate, and +1, +2, +3, +4 and +5°C increase in mean air temperature, with symmetric and asymmetric increase in daily minimum and maximum air temperature. Maize crop failure due to frost decreased in elevated temperature scenarios, in the very early and very late emergence dates, indicating a lengthening in the maize growing season in warmer climates. The leaf development period in maize was shorter in elevated temperature scenarios, with greater shortening in asymmetric temperature increases, indicating that warmer nights accelerate vegetative development in maize.
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Freeling, Michael. "A conceptual framework for maize leaf development." Developmental Biology 153, no. 1 (September 1992): 44–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0012-1606(92)90090-4.

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Hake, Sarah, Jihyun Moon, Nathalie Bolduc, and Devin O’Connor. "03-P048 Positional information in maize leaf development." Mechanisms of Development 126 (August 2009): S81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2009.06.101.

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Dwyer, L. M., and D. W. Stewart. "Leaf Area Development in Field‐Grown Maize 1." Agronomy Journal 78, no. 2 (March 1986): 334–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj1986.00021962007800020024x.

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Kiran, KK, G. Shanthakumar, and SI Harlapur. "Evaluation of Inbred Lines and Development of Turcicum Leaf Blight Resistant Single Cross Maize Hybrids." Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 11, no. 3 (September 30, 2017): 1509–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.22207/jpam.11.3.35.

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Massignam, A. M., S. C. Chapman, G. L. Hammer, and S. Fukai. "Effects of nitrogen supply on canopy development of maize and sunflower." Crop and Pasture Science 62, no. 12 (2011): 1045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp11165.

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Nitrogen (N) limitation reduces canopy carbon assimilation by directly reducing leaf photosynthesis, and by developmentally reducing the rate of new leaf area development and accelerating leaf senescence. Effective use of N for biomass production under N limitation may be considered to be a result of a trade-off between the use of N to maintain high levels of specific leaf nitrogen (SLN the amount of N per unit leaf area) for high photosynthetic rate versus using N to maintain leaf area development (leaf area index – LAI). The objective here is to compare the effects of N supply on the dynamics of LAI and SLN for two crops, maize (Zea mays L.) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) that contrast in the structure and development of their canopy. Three irrigated experiments imposed different levels of N and plant density. While LAI in both maize and sunflower was reduced under N limitation, leaf area development was more responsive to N supply in sunflower than maize. Observations near anthesis showed that sunflower tended to maintain SLN and adjust leaf area under reduced N supply, whereas maize tended to maintain leaf area and adjust SLN first, and, when this was not sufficient, SLN was also reduced. The two species responded differently to variation in N supply, and the implication of these different strategies for crop adaptation and management is discussed.
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Jennings, Paul H., N. Ishii, and R. Rufner. "CHILLING INJURY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE LEAF EPICUTICULAR WAX." HortScience 27, no. 6 (June 1992): 683b—683. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.27.6.683b.

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Chlorotic bands across sugarcane leaves were first described as symptoms of cold chlorosis in 1926 and later described in sorghum and maize. The injury develops after exposure of seedlings to temperatures in the 0°C to 12°C range. The severity of injury in maize seedlings may be reduced by high relative humidity during the post-chilling period suggesting a temperature induced water stress. An early visible chilling response is the appearance of a glazed area in the region in which the chlorotic band will develop. This area of the young expanding maize leaf was studied with scanning electron microscopy(SEM). Maize seedlings were grown for 6 days at 24°C with a 15/9 h light/dark cycle. Plants were chilled at 10°C for 9 h during the 7th dark period and leaves sampled 39 h after the end of chilling. SEM photomicrographs revealed a gradient of epicuticular wax deposition from the tip to the base of the leaf. In the region of chill-induced chlorotic band formation, the control leaves exhibited a greater amount of wax deposition than the chilled leaves. It is suggested that the reduced epicuticular wax in a band across the chilled leaves might lead to a water stress resulting in chlorosis and eventually developing into the typical necrotic band.
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Veit, Bruce, Ben Greene, Brenda Lowe, Julie Mathern, Neelima Sinha, Erik Vollbrecht, Richard Walko, and Sarah Hake. "Genetic approaches to inflorescence and leaf development in maize." Development 113, Supplement_1 (January 1, 1991): 105–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.113.supplement_1.105.

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The application of genetic methods to the analysis of morphogenesis in maize is described. Several classes of floral mutants are differentiated through developmental studies and tests of epistasis. The results of mosaic and dosage analysis of Knl, a dominant mutation affecting leaf development, are related to molecular studies of the gene.
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Kong, Fanying, Tingting Zhang, Jisheng Liu, Siqi Heng, Qingbiao Shi, Haisen Zhang, Zeli Wang, et al. "Regulation of Leaf Angle by Auricle Development in Maize." Molecular Plant 10, no. 3 (March 2017): 516–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2017.02.001.

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Hill, Daniel, Xingyuan Ling, Anding Luo, Mike Tamkun, and Anne Sylvester. "Vesicular trafficking and cell expansion during maize leaf development." Developmental Biology 319, no. 2 (July 2008): 610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.05.468.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Maize leaf development"

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Cribb, Elizabeth J. "Golden2 gene function in maize leaf development." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326139.

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Roth, Ronelle. "Phenotypic characterization of maize bundle sheath defective mutants." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.339349.

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Hughes, Thomas. "The genetic regulation of Kranz anatomy in maize." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:86184e64-c7bb-43e9-9320-0ebbb2793ea8.

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The C4 photosynthetic pathway acts to concentrate CO2 around the enzyme Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco), ensuring that it catalyses a carboxylation rather than oxygenation reaction, which in turn suppresses photorespiration. In nearly all cases C4 photosynthesis is underpinned by characteristic Kranz anatomy, with concentric wreaths of bundle sheath (BS) and mesophyll (M) cells surrounding closely spaced veins. The increased yields associated with the C4 pathway have lead to the suggestion that C3 crops such as rice should be engineered to undertake C4 photosynthesis, however, this goal is currently held back by a lack of understanding about how the development of Kranz anatomy is regulated. Recently, a number of candidate Kranz regulators have been identified in an RNA-seq study that compared leaf development in maize foliar (Kranz) and husk (non-Kranz) leaves. However, this study did not consider the impact of a recent whole genome duplication in the maize lineage on the gene expression patterns analysed. Therefore, in this thesis maize homeolog gene-pair divergence during early leaf development was assessed. This revealed that expression divergence of homeolog gene-pairs is a significant evolutionary phenomenon. Functional validation of a subset of Kranz candidates revealed that a Zmscr1-1; Zmscr1h-1 double mutant exhibited defects in Kranz patterning, including increased formation of extra BS cells and veins with no separating M cells. Furthermore, Zmnkd1; Zmnkd2 double mutants exhibited a subtle increase in extra BS cell formation. Taken together, this indicates that both ZmSCR1/ZmSCR1h and ZmNKD1/ZmNKD2 function redundantly during Kranz development. No evidence was obtained that two additional genes, ZmSHR2 and ZmRVN1, play a role in Kranz development, and expression of candidate Kranz regulators in rice did not alter leaf anatomy. Together, this work has confirmed roles for a number of genes in Kranz regulation, and has provided insight into the complex regulation underpinning Kranz development in maize.
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Fouracre, Jim P. "Genetic regulation of Kranz anatomy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7f10306d-d942-49cd-b12f-35b29311ad3c.

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The C₄ photosynthetic cycle acts to concentrate CO₂ around the enzyme Rubisco. By doing so, C₄ photosynthesis leads to increased radiation, water and nitrogen use efficiencies. As such, C₄ photosynthesis is the most productive form of photosynthesis known. Because it enables such high levels of productivity there are large international efforts to introduce C₄ photosynthesis into non-C₄ crop species such as rice. Kranz anatomy is a characteristic leaf cellular arrangement of concentric rings of bundle sheath and mesophyll cells around closely spaced veins and is crucial to C₄ photosynthesis in almost all known examples. Despite the fact that Kranz has evolved on over 60 times independently little is known about the genetic regulation of Kranz development, as attempts to elucidate Kranz regulators using conventional mutagenesis screens have provided few insights. However, the advent of next generation DNA sequencing technologies has enabled the interrogation of genetic networks at a previously unprecedented scale. The work in this thesis describes a genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of leaf development in maize, a C₄ species, that develops both Kranz-type and non-Kranz-type leaves. Detailed bioinformatics analyses identified candidate regulators of both Kranz development and additional aspects of maize leaf development. Three of the identified Kranz candidates were functionally characterised in both C₄ and non-C₄ species. Furthermore, expression and phylogenetic analyses of GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLK) genes, a small transcription factor family previously implicated in C₄ development in maize, were extended to determine the generality of GLK function in C₄ evolution.
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Edoka, Patrick Nixon. "Influence of leaf area development of early and mid-early maturity varieties of silage maize on dry matter yield and forage quality." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15441.

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Kenntnisse zur Blattflächenentwicklung von Silomaissorten während der Vegetationsperiode sind erforderlich, um die Ausreife der Pflanzen charakterisieren und neue Sorte bewerten zu können. Die Blattfläche ist eine Funktion von Blattzahl und Blattfläche und kann den Ertrag und die Futterqualität von Silomais in Abhängigkeit von den Umweltbedingungen in unterschiedlichem Ausmaß variieren. Ein maßgebliches Kriterium für das Erreichen einer guten Futterqualität ist die Prognose des optimalen Erntetermins. In den Jahren 2002 und 2003 wurden zwei Experimente am Standort Berge des Institutes für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften (Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) durchgeführt, um zu zeigen, wie sich Silomaissorten der Reifegruppen früh und mittelfrüh im Blattflächenindex, in der Blattentwicklung sowie spezifischen Blattfläche unterscheiden und welche Unterschiede zwischen zwei Messmethoden zur Bestimmung des Blattflächenindexes bestehen. Unter Beachtung von Ertrag und Futterqualität haben sich bei limitiertem Wasserangebot unter den gegebenen Standortbedingungen Sorten mit einer geringeren Anzahl von Blattgenerationen (13 bis 16) als geeignet erwiesen. Um Trockenmassegehalte in der Gesamtpflanze im optimalen Bereich von 30 bis 35 % im Erntegut garantieren zu können, sollte Silomais speziell unter trocken-heißen Abreifebedingungen dann geerntet werden, wenn mindestens zwei Blätter unterhalb des Kolbenansatzes noch grün sind.
Knowledge of leaf area development of silage maize varieties during the vegetation period is useful in the characterisation of the maturity conditions of plants and in the evaluation of new varieties. Leaf area, which is a function of leaf number and leaf size may affect yield and quality parameters of silage maize at varying levels, depending on the environmental conditions under which the crops are grown. One of the criteria for obtaining good quality forage is prognosis for optimum harvest time. Two experiments were conducted in 2002 and 2003 at Berge research station, belonging to the Institute of Crop Science (Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt-University Berlin) with the aim to assess how silage maize varieties of maturity group early and mid early differ in LAI, leaf area development, specific leaf area, what differences exist between the two methods used to measure LAI. Considering yield and forage quality, under the condition of location Berge, with limited water availability, varieties with fewer leaves (13-16) may be suitable. To maintain the whole plant dry matter content within the optimum range (30-35%), especially under drought condition, harvest time must fall within the period when at least a minimum of two leaves below the cob leaf are still green.
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Edoka, Patrick Nixon [Verfasser], Frank [Gutachter] Ellmer, and Karlheinz [Gutachter] Richter. "Influence of leaf area development of early and mid-early maturity varieties of silage maize on dry matter yield and forage quality / Patrick Nixon Edoka ; Gutachter: Frank Ellmer, Karlheinz Richter." Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2006. http://d-nb.info/1208074512/34.

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Kenefic, Laura. "Leaf Area, Stemwood Volume Growth, and Stand Structure in a Mixed-Species, Multi-Aged Northern Conifer Forest." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2000. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/KeneficLS2000.pdf.

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Deng, Yinghai 1966. "Development and disease resistance of leafy reduced stature maize (Zea mays L.)." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38177.

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Previous studies on Leafy reduced-stature (LRS) maize found that it had extremely early maturity and a higher harvest index (HI), leading to high yields for its maturity rating. Whether this apparent high HI is relaxed to its earliness, or can also exist among the medium or late maturity LRS maize has not been previously investigated. It was also of interest to know if the traits that produced the LRS canopy structure have pleiotropic effects on root architecture. Finally, field observations indicated that LRS maize had a lower incidence of common smut. It is not known whether this apparent resistance is specific to smut or includes other diseases.
Using a wide range of the most recently developed LRS hybrids and some conventional hybrids, a two-year field experiment was conducted to examine the HI and disease resistance of LRS maize. HI, yield, and yield components were compared between the two genotype groups (LRS and conventional) under different population densities. The resistance to the natural incidence of common smut and artificially inoculated Gibberella ear rot was also tested. Morphology and fractal dimension analyses of roots at an early development stage were conducted in indoor experiments. These analyses were performed with WinRHIZO (version 3.9), an interactive scanner-based image analysis system.
This work showed that: (1) There was no relationship between the HI and maturity; higher HIs can also exist among the medium and late maturity LRS hybrids. (2) While LRS maize hybrids have the potential for high yield this was not realized in the LRS hybrids used in this work. Further breeding and development of optimum management practices are needed to fully exploit this potential. (3) During early development LRS hybrids generally had more branching and more complex root systems than conventional hybrids. (4) Fractal dimension, as a comprehensive estimation of root complexity, was highly related to major root morphological variables, such as root total length, surface area, branching frequency and dry mass. (5) Of the hybrids tested the greatest resistance to both common smut and Gibberella ear rot, two major ear diseases, occurred in some of the LRS types.
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Pace, Micah D. "Effect of Stand Density on Behavior of Leaf Area Prediction Models for Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) in Maine." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/PaceMD2003.pdf.

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Modarres, Sanavy S. A. M. (Seyed Ali Mohammad). "Leafy reduced-stature maize (Zea mays L.) for mid- to short-season environments : yield, development, and physiological aspects of inbred lines and hybrids." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39966.

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Maize production in short-season environments has at least two critical problems. Firstly, maize grown in short-season areas has lower leaf area indices (LAI) than maize grown in long season areas, due to shorter plant stature and less time for development, which results in reduced leaf number and size. Secondly, in very short-season areas the seasonal thermal-time available may be insufficient to mature grain of current maize hybrids. Therefore development of maize types that accumulate leaf area and mature quickly would increase production of maize in mid- to short-season areas. The leafy (Lfy1) and reduced-stature (rd1) genes make contributions to this end. However, these two genes have not previously been combined. From 1991 to 1993, field experiments were conducted to evaluate the leafy reduced-stature (LRS) inbred lines and hybrids for yield, maturity times and morphological traits, at different planting densities and patterns in Montreal and Ottawa. LRS maize inbred lines showed the most rapid silk extrusion, optimum leaf area development, and rapid growth of the first ear, the highest yield per unit leaf area, and the closest synchronization of pollen shed and silk extrusion at high plant population densities. LRS maize hybrids had the most rapid leaf development, longest grain filling period, lowest grain moisture content at harvest, and highest harvest index. Therefore LRS hybrids should allow an extension into shorter season areas where it can not now be successfully cultivated, and may increase yields in mid- to short season areas where maize is now produced.
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Book chapters on the topic "Maize leaf development"

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Sylvester, Anne W., and Laurie G. Smith. "Cell Biology of Maize Leaf Development." In Handbook of Maize: Its Biology, 179–203. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79418-1_10.

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Nie, Gui Ying, and Neil R. Baker. "Low Temperature Perturbation of Thylakoid Protein Metabolism During Maize Leaf Development." In Current Research in Photosynthesis, 3481–84. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0511-5_784.

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Sinha, Neelima, and Sarah Hake. "Perturbations in leaf development caused by the dominant knotted-mutation in maize." In Progress in Plant Growth Regulation, 360–70. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2458-4_42.

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Conference papers on the topic "Maize leaf development"

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Khan, Nazifa Azam, Oliver A. S. Lyon, Mark Eramian, and Ian McQuillan. "A Novel Technique Combining Image Processing, Plant Development Properties, and the Hungarian Algorithm, to Improve Leaf Detection in Maize." In 2020 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cvprw50498.2020.00045.

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Singhal, Gaurav, Aengus Connolly, Manuel Laranjinha, Colin McKinnon, and Alan Mortimer. "Independent Assessment of Current Floater Concepts for Floating Wind Application." In SNAME 26th Offshore Symposium. SNAME, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/tos-2021-04.

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Most of the offshore wind developments to date, globally, have been bottom-fixed foundations located in shallow waters (<30m water depth) and in close proximity to shore. However, as technology improves and as space for near-shore sites decreases, offshore wind development is projected to trend towards deeper waters. Floating wind is thus expected to become one of the leading renewable energy sources over the next decade or so. Notably, the success of pilot projects in Europe has confirmed the viability of floating wind technology, drawing in additional developers to the market. In the United States, there is a significant potential for floating offshore wind off the coast of California, Maine, and Hawaii. While the majority of current floating wind activity is concentrated in <200m water depth, further technology improvement coupled with experience from floating oil and gas developments will lead to even deeper floating wind projects in the future. One key aspect for floating wind technology is the floater foundation that will support the wind turbine assembly. The entire unit will be moored to the seabed and be subject to challenging environment conditions throughout its service life (akin to a floating oil and gas production facility). There are several floating wind concepts currently in the market - a handful are field-proven at pilot project scale but the majority are still in development phase, each with their own unique offering. The purpose of this paper is to perform an independent qualitative assessment of the current floating wind concepts. The assessment will focus on aspects related to technology readiness, design complexity and scalability, material selection, constructability, installation, operations, and maintenance. This paper provides the offshore wind industry with an unbiased opinion on available designs as well as an insight into perceived challenges for future developments. As a disclaimer, it is noted that Wood has utilized public-domain information for this study and has no preference towards any existing floating wind concepts or designs.
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Lonia, B., N. K. Nayar, S. B. Singh, and P. L. Bali. "Techno Economic Aspects of Power Generation From Agriwaste in India." In 17th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fbc2003-170.

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The agricultural operations in India are suffering from a serious problem of shortage of electrical power on one side and economic and effective disposal of agriwaste stuff on the other. India being agriculture based country, 70% of its main income (share in GDP) comes from agriculture sector. Any enhancement of income from this sector is based upon adequate supply of basic inputs in this sector. Regular and adequate power supply is one such input. But, the position of power supply in our country defies both these characteristics. With a major portion of power produced being sent to the industrial and urban consumers, there is a perennial shortage of power in the agriculture sector. Consequently, there is an emergent need to produce more power in order to fulfil the needs of this sector effectively. One way of accomplishing this is setting up captive, preferably rural based, small power generation plants. In these power plants, instead of water-head, diesel oil or coal, we can use agri-residue to produce electricity. One such power plant (1–2 MW capacity) can satisfy the power need of 25 to 40 nearby villages. The agriwaste like rice straw, sugarcane-trash, coir-pith, peanut shells, wheat stalks & straw, cottonseed, stalks and husk, soyabean stalks, maize stalks & cobs, sorghum. Bagasse, wallnut shells, sunflower seeds, shells, hulls and kernels and coconut husk, wastewood and saw dust can be fruitfully utilized in power generation. This stuff is otherwise a waste and liability and consumes a lot of effort on its disposal; in addition to being a fire and health hazard. Agriwaste stuff which at present is available in abundance and prospects of its utilization in producing energy are enormous. This material can be procured at reasonably low rates from the farmers who will thus be benefited economically, apart from being relieved of the responsibility of its disposal. Agri-residue has traditionally been a major source of heat energy in rural areas in India. It is a valuable fuel even in the sub-urban areas. Inspite of rapid increase in the supply of, access lo and use of fossil fuels, agri-residue is likely to continue to play an important role, in the foreseeable future. Therefore, developing and promoting techno-economically-viable technologies to utilize agri-residue efficiently should be a persuit of high priority. Though there is no authentic data available with regard to the exact quantity of agricultural and agro-industrial residues, its rough estimate has been put at about 350 mt per annum. It is also estimated that the total cattle refuse generated is nearly 250 mt per year. Further, nearly 20% of the total land is under forest cover, which produces approximately 50 mt of fuel wood and with associated forest waste of about 5 mt.(1). Taking into account the utilization of even a portion (say 30%) of this agri-residue & agro-industrial waste as well as energy plantation on one million hectare (mha) of wastelands for power generation through bioenergy technologies, a potential of some 18000 MW of power has been estimated. From the foregoing, it is clear that there is an enormous untapped potential for energy generation from agri-residue. What is required is an immediate and urgent intensification of dedicated efforts in this field, with a view to bringing down the unit energy cost and improving efficiency and reliability of agri-waste production, conversion and utilisation, leading to subsequent saving of fossil fuels for other pressing applications. The new initiatives in national energy policy are most urgently needed to accelerate the social and economic development of the rural areas. It demands a substantial increase in production and consumption of energy for productive purposes. Such initiatives are vital for promoting the goals of sustainability. cleaner production and reduction of long-term risks of environmental pollution and consequent adverse climatic changes in future. A much needed significant social, economic and industrial development has yet to take place in large parts of rural India; be it North, West, East or South. It can be well appreciated that a conscious management of agri-residue, which is otherwise a serious liability of the farmer, through its economic conversion into electric power can offer a reasonably viable solution to our developmental needs. This vision will have to be converted into a reality within a decade or so through dedicated and planned R&D work in this area. There is a shimmering promise that the whole process of harvesting, collection, transport and economic processing and utilisation of agri-waste can be made technically and economically more viable in future. Thus, the foregoing paras amply highlight the value of agri-residue as a prospective source of electric power, particularly for supplementing the main grid during the lean supply periods or peak load hours and also for serving the remote areas in the form of stand-alone units giving a boost to decentralised power supply. This approach and option seems to be positive in view of its potential contribution to our economic and social development. No doubt, this initiative needs to be backed and perused rigorously for removing regional imbalances as well as strengthening National economy. This paper reviews the current situation with regards to generation of agriwaste and its prospects of economic conversion into electrical power, technologies presently available for this purpose, and the problems faced in such efforts. It emphasizes the need for an integrated approach to devise ways and means for generating electrical power from agriwaste; keeping in mind the requirements of cleaner production and environmental protection so that the initiative leads to a total solution.
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