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Cereals maize is the most important crop after wheat and rice. The maize (Zea mays L.) belongs to gramineae family. The origin of maize is Mexico. The maize has a diploid chromosome number 10 (2n=20). Maize is short day plant with shallow root system. It is a cross pollinated crop. The height of maize plant is 250 cm. The leaf is about 9 cm in width and 120 cm in length generally growing from each inter-node. Maize is used for many purposes like culinary purpose ethanol production, medicinal use, making pop corns, salads and in food beverages. The medicinal use of maize is in reducing the kidney stones. In India, the current consumption pattern of maize is (52%) for poultry, pig and fish feed, (55%) for human consumption, (24%) for cattle feed and (1%) for brewery industry. Corn Ethanol is produced from corn that is used as bib wars corn ethanol is mainly used as an oxygenate in gasoline to produce a low level band. The organic fertilizer sources maintain good soil aeration by improving soil structure and provide nutritious food to plant without any chemical residue. But organic fertilizers are slow releasing, costly and reduce the overall yield of crop.
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Mr. Maninder Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, School of agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. Specializes in Agronomy. He has teaching experience of 2 Years respectively. He has to credit around 3 Publications.
