Maize / meɪz / (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture.

Zea is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. The best-known species is Z. mays (variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn), one of the most important crops for human societies throughout much of the world. The four wild species are commonly known as teosintes and are native to Mesoamerica.

Maize or corn, popularly known as Makka or Makai in Hindi, is one of the most important cereal crops in the world agricultural economy both as food for man and feed for animals including poultry. It is also known as “queen of cereals”, because of very high yield potential.

Maize is one of the Three Sisters, a traditional indigenous American planting technique that also uses squash (Cucurbita pepo) and beans (such as Phaseolus vulgaris) to encourage the growth of a larger, more nutritious crop yield. Maize is a cultivated grass …

Maize also known as ‘Indian corn’ or simply as ‘corn’, is a food crop of considerable importance in many parts of the world, especially in the U.S.A., which produces nearly 57 per cent or the total maize grown in the world as compared to about 1.4 per cent produced in India.

Maize Plants are one of the most widely grown crops worldwide, and for this reason it is one of the most important food crops in the world. It provides about 20% of the calories consumed by humans. Maize is used for making flour, starch, oil, sugar, …

Maize or Indian corn (Fig. 221) is a stout annual plant culti­vated for the grains during the rainy season. It forms a staple food in some parts of India. Roots are of fibrous adventitious type.

Feb 23, 2023 · Maize (Zea mays) is a tropical grass that is grown primarily for grain and is used as a staple food in many parts of the world. It produces relatively large, soft grains, called kernels that are usually yellow in color, although some varieties come in …

Maize (or corn) is the number one cereal in the world. Its global production is higher than that of rice and wheat. Maize is a main staple food for people in Africa and South America but it is also used worldwide as a fodder crop for livestock.

Maize (Zea mays) is one of the world’s three most important cereals along with wheat and rice. Maize is currently produced on nearly 100 million hectares in 125 developing countries and is among the three most widely grown crops in 75 of those countries. CIMMYT worker tends to maize accessions in field collection. Credit: Crop Trust.