What type of climatic condition are required for the cultivation of maize explain?
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Answer:
Maize is grown under divergent physical conditions. Maize is one of the most widely cultivated crop and grown in both tropical and warm temperate latitudes.
Maize is grown in temperatures between 18°C and 27°C during the day and around 14°C during the night. But the most important factor is the 140 frost-free days. The crop is very susceptible to frost; therefore, its cultivation in temperate latitudes is limited.
2. Rainfall:
Maize is grown mostly in regions having annual rainfall between 60 cm to 110 cm. But it is also grown in areas having rainfall of about 40 cm.
Answer:
I) Temperature :it grows well between 21 degrees and 27 degrees.
II)Rainfall:it grows well in areas of 50-100 cm of Rain.
III) soil) it requits we drained alluvial fertile soil and Red loams.