Abstract
This paper is a review of available literature on Zea mays L.ssp.ceratina. It contains information on the origin, cul- tivation and utilization of waxy maize in the world and can be a contribution to the development of new research on maize cultivation and starch processing technology. Maize, as an old and economically important cereal, played an enormous role in the ancient civilisations of the New World. Among the maize subspecies compared, Z. mays ssp. indurata and Z. mays ssp. indentata are now the most important in Poland. The subspecies Z. mays ssp. saccharata has a marginal role, while Z. mays ssp. ceratina has not been hitherto cultivated. Decisions to introduce the subspecies Z. mays ssp. ceratina into cultivation are based on different grounds, taking into account both agro-climatic conditions and industrial uses of grain processing products. The growing demand for maize grain, stimulated by the increased demand for maize starch and oil in the global market as raw materials that are important in food production, is an impulse for the development of agrobiological research. The development of the starch industry, associated with the demand for industrial starch, will probably contribute to increased interest in this subspecies in Central Europe, also including Poland. Waxy maize grain can be a major ingredient of high-energy feeds for livestock, replacing in this role the type of maize that has been grown for this purpose until now. A great advantage of waxy maize is its specific structure of starch, due to its unique and high amylopectin content (95-98%), which creates unlimited possibilities of industrial use. Currently, waxy maize acreage in Europe does not exceed 2% of the maize crop area in this continent.
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Claim · model-written summary
Z. mays ssp. indurata and Z. mays ssp. indentata are the most important maize subspecies in Poland.
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- Z. mays ssp. indurata
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Outcome
- most importante0
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- Polande0
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e0“Z. mays ssp. indurata and Z. mays ssp. indentata are now the most important in Poland”
Claim · model-written summary
Z. mays ssp. indentata is among the most important maize subspecies in Poland.
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Z. mays ssp. indurata and Z. mays ssp. indentata are now the most important in Poland”
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Z. mays ssp. saccharata has a marginal role in Poland.
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- Z. mays ssp. saccharataZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Outcome
- marginal rolee0
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e0“The subspecies Z. mays ssp. saccharata has a marginal role, while Z. mays ssp. ceratina has not been hitherto cultivated.”
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Z. mays ssp. ceratina had not been cultivated.
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- Z. mays ssp. ceratinaZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Outcome
- not been hitherto cultivatede0
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e0“Z. mays ssp. ceratina has not been hitherto cultivated”
Claim · model-written summary
Waxy maize grain can replace other maize as a high-energy livestock feed ingredient.
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e0“Waxy maize grain can be a major ingredient of high-energy feeds for livestock, replacing in this role the type of maize that has been grown for this purpose until now”
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Waxy maize starch has high amylopectin content of 95-98%.
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e0“its unique and high amylopectin content (95-98%)”
t0“waxy maize”
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Waxy maize covers at most 2% of European maize acreage.
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e0“waxy maize acreage in Europe does not exceed 2% of the maize crop area in this continent”