In the shade, maize leaves exhibit high senescence because of the suppression of blue light. They also demonstrate oxidative stress traits. The shade effect also depends on light intensity and hydrogen peroxide. H₂O₂ is involved in signaling pathways related to various responses of antioxidants to abiotic stress. A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of shade on the physiology and morphology of plants and presoaked seeds with H₂O₂. The maize variety Malka 2012 was soaked with different levels of H₂O₂ (100µM, 200µM, 300µM, 400µM, water-soaked and unsoaked). These seeds were sown in pots containing soil. After germination, half of the plants were moved to grow under tree shade, and the other half were kept under bright light. The experiment was conducted under a completely randomized design with three replicates per treatment in a factorial arrangement. After two months of sowing, the data were recorded for different growth and physiological attributes. Growth parameters including shoot length, root length, shoot diameter, number of leaves, area of leaves per plant, and fresh and dry weight of shoot and root were recorded. The physiological parameters determined include photosynthetic pigments, total chlorophyll, hydrogen peroxide, soluble phenolic, flavonoids, soluble sugar, anthocyanins, ascorbic acid, K+ , Na+ , Ca2+, Phosphate-P, Nitrate-N and Sulphate-S. Morphological and physiological parameters showed negative growth under shade stress but positive growth under light conditions with the application of 100 and 200µM of H₂O₂. Potassium and sulfur ions of the root and shoot show non-significant differences. Results revealed that shade stress reduces the physiology and morphology of maize. Tukey’s test was used to compare the least significant difference (LSD) at 5% probability levels. The data were analyzed using COSTAT software.