Description of a Maize Plant (With Diagram)

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. Pri­mary root aborts after germination, and is replaced by fibrous adven­titious ones from the base of stem. Stems are stout, solid with distinct nodes and [...]