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Open AccessHigh phytosterol levels in corn cobs point to their sustainable use as a nutritional source
Phytosterols are important structural components of plant cells that affect membrane fluidity, permeability, and membrane-related metabolic regulation. These compounds, which are abundant in vegetable oils and...
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Open AccessComparison of antioxidant activity assays in fresh purple waxy corn (Zea mays L.) during grain filling
Purple waxy corn is a good source of antioxidant compounds such as anthocyanins and polyphenols. Promotion of its use requires an appropriate assay to determine antioxidant activity. The aim of this study is t...
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Open AccessGlycolysis stimulation and storage protein accumulation are hallmarks of maize (Zea mays L.) grain filling
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major dietary source of human caloric intake. Grain filling, the developmental stage of the seed during which starch and proteins accumulate, is of great interest in plant biology and agr...
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Open AccessPhysiological and proteomic analyses of Korean F1 maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under water-deficit stress during flowering
Despite the relevance of drought stress, the regulation of gene expression, protein accumulation, and plant physiology under water-deficit stress is not well understood in Korean F1 maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids. I...
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Changes in the Functional Components and Radical Scavenging Activity of Korean Maize Hybrids According to Different Crop** Seasons
We evaluated the proximate composition, free sugar content, fatty acid composition, carotenoid content, total phenol content, and radical scavenging activity of the grain from various Korean maize hybrid culti...
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Evaluation of waterlogging tolerance with the degree of foliar senescence at early vegetative stage of maize (Zea mays L.)
Maize is highly susceptible to waterlogging, which is becoming one of worldwide abiotic threats in many agricultural areas. This study was evaluated to establish the screening method and to find tolerant maize...
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Impact of the consecutive days of visible wilting on growth and yield during tassel initiation in maize (Zea Mays L.)
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major crop with different uses but shows significant susceptibility to drought stress. Recent climate change has caused prolonged drought stress, but in most countries maize production re...
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Profiling of differentially expressed proteins in mature kernels of Korean waxy corn cultivars using proteomic analysis
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the most important crop such as food for humans and feed for animals. Although new varieties of maize have been extensively developed in Korea, little is known about differences in the prot...
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Effect of plant density on growth and yield of extremely late-planted korean sweet corn hybrids (Zea mays L.) for fresh market
Sweet corn has a short growing period of 80 to 90 days in Korea, which allows famers to grow this crop using various crop** systems. This objective of this study was to find the optimum plant density for Kor...
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Physiological and protein profiling response to drought stress in KS141, a Korean maize inbred line
Understanding the complex response mechanism of a crop to drought is the major step in the develo** of tolerant genotypes. In our study, to investigate physiological traits and proteome dynamics, an inbred m...
