Corn/Maize (Zea mays) grows best on well-drained loamy soils with ample organic matter and requires consistently adequate soil moisture, high insolation and warmth. It is cultivated on every continent except Antarctica. In the northern part of its range, it is grown mostly for silage, because it can be harvested for this purpose while still unripe.
Corn
Pests associated with Corn
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Tobacco budworm
Heliothis virescens
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European Corn Borer
Ostrinia nubilalis
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Fall armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
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Corn earworm
Helicoverpa zea
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Tobacco Whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
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Chilo suppressalis
Chilo suppressalis
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Cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa armigera
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Green peach aphid
Myzus persicae
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English grain aphid
Sitobion avenae
Other pests associated with Corn
- Click beetle (Agriotes spp)
- Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)
- Black Cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon)
- Cotton Leafworm (Alabama argillacea)
- Rice Leafroller (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis)
- Egyptian stem borer (Earias insulana)
- Green leafhopper (Empoasca decipiens)
- Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae)
- Corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis)
- Greenbug (Schizaphis graminum)
- Cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis)