Maize farming is very popular among the farmers in many parts of the world. Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world with total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice.

Maize also called corn is called queen of cereals, because it has highest genetic yield potential among the cereals is used for many different purposes. It was first domesticated by the indigenous people in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago, and today it is very popular throughout the world. The plants are often 3 meters in height (but some natural strains can grow up to 13 meters).

The stem is generally composed of 20 internodes of around 18 cm length. A leaf which grows from each node, is generally 9 cm in width and about 1.2 m in length. Maize is in 3rd position in term of total staple food production. But a very little amount of total maize production is consumed directly by humans. Most of the maize is used for corn ethanol, animal feed and for producing other maize products, such as corn syrup and corn starch.