International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 2
First page : (107) Last page : (113)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6334

Effect of Foliar Nutrition on Nutritional Quality of Baby Corn (Zea mays L.) and Dehydrated Babycorn Enriched Products

Prajwal Kumar, G. K.¹*, Lalitha, B. S.², Shamshad Begum, S.³ and Somashekar, K. S.^4
1Ph.D. Scholar, ²Associate Professor, ²Associate Professor, ⁴Assistant Professor,
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
³Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru
*Corresponding Author E-mail: prajwalkumargk@gmail.com

 ABSTRACT

Baby corn is a wide spread crop which has tremendous potential to alleviate nutritional disorders in humans through its consumption. A field experiment was conducted in University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru to study the effect of foliar application of macro and micronutrients on nutritional quality of baby corn in which application of 75% RDF + 1.5% 19:19:19 spray + 0.5% ZnSO4 + 0.1% FeSO4 has recorded significantly higher crude protein and sugar content in the babies and also lower crude fibre content in babies (18.72 %, 0.028 % and 5.78 %, respectively). Nutrient content viz., nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, zinc and iron in babies were significantly higher with application of 75% RDF + 1.5% 19:19:19 spray + 0.5% ZnSO4 + 0.1% FeSO4 (3.00 %, 0.96 %, 3.12 %, 46.33 ppm and 52.67 ppm, respectively). Baby corns (babies) were dehydrated to get powdered baby corn. Bakery and value added products were prepared with inclusion of baby corn powder. It was observed that significantly higher sensory scores were recorded among bakery products however they did not vary much among value added products.

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Cite this article: Kumar, P.G.K., Lalitha, B.S., Begum, S.S. and Somashekar, K.S., Effect of Foliar Nutrition on Nutritional Quality of Baby Corn (Zea mays L.) and Dehydrated Babycorn Enriched Products, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(2): 107-113 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6334