International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 3
First page : (696) Last page : (702)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5012
Performance of Baby Corn under Different Plant Densities and Fertility Levels in Lateritic Soils of Eastern India
Mainak Ghosh1,2*, Swapan Kumar Maity1, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta2 and Arnab Roy Chowdhury2
1Department of Agronomy, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, Birbhum, India
2Department of Agronomy, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: mainakghosh999@gmail.com
Received: 20.06.2017 | Revised: 28.06.2017 | Accepted: 29.06.2017
ABSTRACT
Maize cultivation for vegetable purpose, such as baby corn is a diversified and value addition in food industries. Baby corn is the female inflorescence in the maize plant, harvested at silk emergence and is sweet in taste and crisp. A field experiment was conducted on lateritic medium fertile soil during the summer season of 2008 at the agricultural farm of Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agriculture), Visva Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal to study the performance of baby corn under varying plant densities and fertility levels. The experiment consisting of three fertility levels and four levels of plant densities was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications. The results showed that growth, cob yield in cob number/ha, young corn yield, fodder yield (q/ha) and benefit/cost ratio were found maximum at high fertility level (100-50-50 kg N-P2O5-K2O/ha). Cob yield (q/ha) increased significantly up to high fertility, but young baby corn yield increased significantly up to medium fertility (75-37.5-37.5 kg N-P2O5-K2O/ha). Plant density of 1,00,000 plants/ha was found to be superior than others. Cob number/ha increased significantly up to 100,000 plants/ha. Highest cob yield, young corn yield and benefit/cost ratio were also found at the density of 1,00,000 plants/ha; but in case of fodder yield, it was maximum with 1,20,000 plants/ha. Baby corn grown at a density of 1,00,000 plants/ha under high fertility (100-50-50 kg N-P2O5-K2O/ha) level performed better than under other treatment combinations under the lateritic soil of eastern India.
Key words: Summer Maize, Plant Population, Fertilizer Dose
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Cite this article: Ghosh, M., Maity, S.K., Gupta, S.K. and Chowdhury, A.R., Performance of Baby Corn under Different Plant Densities and Fertility Levels in Lateritic Soils of Eastern India, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(3): 696-702 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5012
