Kukuřice jako agrokomodita

The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to develop a review of literature on the cultivation of maize. The first part is devoted to the history and the present of maize cultivation in the Czech Republic. Further on, maize is described in terms of its biology and breeding. The paper in detail deals with the requirements of maize on the cultivation environment. Varieties of maize are characterized by the sum of effective temperatures and the FAO number. The cultivation technology deals with the inclusion of maize in the crop rotation, tillage, nutrition and fertilization, care during vegetation and the harvest of maize for silage and maize for grain. The second part of the thesis describes the condition of maize cultivation in the company Netis a.s., Návsí. Yields of maize cultivation from the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 were acquired from both farms of the company, which were processed and subsequently evaluated