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Maize: Nutrition Dynamics and Novel Uses

  • The topic has significance in solving the global food security problem

  • The book focuses on the nutritional aspects, which would be helpful in addressing the problem of malnutrition, especially in children and women

  • It presents the latest updates on nutritional research in maize, written by various experts in the field. -Effect of climate change on maize production is discussed in detail

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introductory Chapter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Nutritive Value of Maize: Improvements, Applications and Constraints

      • D. P. Chaudhary, Sandeep Kumar, O. P. Yadav
      Pages 3-17
  3. Nutritional Quality of Maize

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. Maize: Grain Structure, Composition, Milling, and Starch Characteristics

      • Narpinder Singh, Amritpal Kaur, Khetan Shevkani
      Pages 65-76
    3. Oil Improvement in Maize: Potential and Prospects

      • Naveen Singh, Sujata Vasudev, D. K. Yadava, D. P. Chaudhary, K. V. Prabhu
      Pages 77-82
    4. Maize Carotenoid Composition and Biofortification for Provitamin A Activity

      • Sandeep Kumar, Seema Sangwan, Rakesh Yadav, Sapna Langyan, Mohar Singh
      Pages 83-91
  4. Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Maize

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Physiological Response of Maize Under Rising Atmospheric CO2 and Temperature

      • Anjali Anand, Sangeeta Khetarpal, Madan Pal Singh
      Pages 105-115
  5. Value Addition in Maize

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Maize Utilisation in Food Bioprocessing: An Overview

      • Seema Sangwan, Sandeep Kumar, Sneh Goyal
      Pages 119-134
    3. Maize Malting: Retrospect and Prospect

      • D. P. Chaudhary, D. Kumar, R. P. S. Verma, Sapna Langyan, Seema Sangwan
      Pages 135-140
    4. Value Addition in Maize

      • V. K. Yadav, P. Supriya
      Pages 141-152
    5. Fodder Quality of Maize: Its Preservation

      • D. P. Chaudhary, S. L. Jat, R. Kumar, A. Kumar, B. Kumar
      Pages 153-160
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 161-161

About this book

Maize is a globally important crop mainly utilized as feed, food and raw material for diverse industrial applications. Among cereals, it occupies third place after rice and wheat and is a staple food for a large segment of population worldwide particularly in the Asian as well as African countries. This monogram discusses various aspects of nutritional quality of maize such as quality protein maize which has been considered as most significant discovery in enhancing nutritional quality of cereals in terms of increasing the concentration of essential amino acids. The biochemistry of starch which is an important industrial product of maize has been discussed in detail. Further, the role of maize oil which is highly regarded for human consumption as it reduces the blood cholesterol concentration has also been elaborated. Naturally, maize is a rich source of carotenoids such as beta-carotene, zeaxanthin, lutein, cryptoxanthin which have highly diverse health benefits ranging from maintaining normal vision to lowering of oxidative stress. The need for biofortification of maize for provitamin A carotenoids and their role in alleviating vision impairments have also been discussed. The effect of various biotic and abiotic stresses particularly carbon dioxide and temperature on quality has been discussed thoroughly. Many value-added products as well as fermented foods that have been produced from maize which is consumed in different forms worldwide are also discussed. The aspects related to the maize application as fodder and as a source of malting have also been covered concisely. Overall, the book provides complete information about various quality aspects of maize. The various stakeholders such as maize researchers, extension specialists, students, teachers as well as farmers will be immensely benefitted from this monogram.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Directorate of Maize Research, New Delhi, India

    Dharam Paul Chaudhary, Sapna Langyan

  • Germplasm Evaluation Division, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India

    Sandeep Kumar

About the editors

Dr. Dharam Paul Chaudhary is working as Senior Scientist (Biochemistry) at Directorate of Maize Research (DMR), an institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, which is a leading national institute looking after various scientific and coordinating activities related towards the development of maize. His present work is focused towards the development of quality protein maize (QPM) which is nutritionally superior compared to normal maize. He has in his credit more than 30 scientific publications in the journals of national and international repute.

Dr. Sandeep Kumar is working as Senior Scientist (Biochemistry) at Germplasm Evaluation Division, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), an institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. He has to his credit more than 20 scientific publications in the journals of national and international repute.

Ms. Sapna is working as Scientist, Biochemistry at Directorate of Maize Research, New Delhi. She is engaged in maize quality studies and her major research interests are carotenoids in maize since carotenoids play an important role in human nutrition and its deficiency may lead to various health related problems including blindness.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maize: Nutrition Dynamics and Novel Uses

  • Editors: Dharam Paul Chaudhary, Sandeep Kumar, Sapna Langyan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1623-0

  • Publisher: Springer New Delhi

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer India 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1622-3Published: 18 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3477-7Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1623-0Published: 03 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 161

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Plant Biochemistry, Protein Science, Climate Change, Food Science

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eBook USD 129.00
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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