Tehnologija prerade i korišćenje kukuruza - dostignuća i perspektive

Marija Milašinović-Šeremešić,Valentina Nikolić,Dušanka Terzić,Milica Radosavljević

doi:10.5937/jpea1803113m

Abstract

Since its establishment the Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje has been having an extremely important role in the improvement of maize production and utilisation. The aim of this manuscript is to present results of studies on chemical composition, physical and technological grain traits, i.e. utilisable value of the most widely grown ZP maize hybrids. Previous achievements and prospects of the development of chemistry and processing technology of maize grain as a highly valuable renewable raw material for industrial processing, different technical purposes and the food and feed production are presented. Results gained in many decades of studies show that maize hybrids developed at the Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje are the unique initial material for the production of starch, bioethanol and highly-valuable food and feed, as well as a reliable sign-post for researchers performing maize breeding and selection in order to direct future studies within this field.

Highlights

Achievements in maize breeding provide its successful mass production, as well as directed growth of hybrids of standard chemical composition and hybrids with specific grain properties
The aim of this study is to present previous achievements and prospects of further research on maize utilisation, i.e. chemistry and technology of maize processing
The most recent results on grain quality testing of 55 ZP maize hybrids of various growing seasons and different endosperm types showed in Table 1 and 2

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Achievements in maize breeding provide its successful mass production, as well as directed growth of hybrids of standard chemical composition and hybrids with specific grain properties. Studies on the improvement of the application of maize and other field crops have been gaining increased importance in the leading research centres and in the Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje (Johnson and White, 2003; Medić, 2011; Radosavljević and Demin, 2012). Dr Miroslava Mihajlović was an initiator of these studies that have been following the research and scientific work on maize breeding and hybrid development at the Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje (Mihajlović 1978). At its earliest stage of development, which lasted just a little over 20 years, only maize grain quality, i.e. its chemical composition and physical traits, were primarily observed within this scientific and research programme. In the 1970s when Dr Vitomir Bekrić, Dr Đorđe Pejić and Dr Zoran Bebić joined the Maize Research Institute, Zemun Polje, previously performed studies were modernised and significantly broadened

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