Light Interception and Productivity of Baby Corn as Influenced by Crop Geometry, Intercropping Systems and INM Practices

Investigate the Potential of Nutrient for Maize Grown as a Food Cum Fodder Purpose

“…The increase in all these characters in T 1 might be due to the availability of all the resource at adequate amount at T 1 crop management practice, which helped in higher photosynthetic and metabolic activities of plant, resulting increase in cob parameter, which directly helps in increasing yield. The findings can be corroborated with the findings of Asghar et al, (2010), Thavaprakaash et al, (2008), Randhawa and Khan (2007) and Thakur et al, (1997). Plant spacing significantly influenced the grain yield of maize.…”

Nutrient Scheduling for Baby Corn (Zea mays L.) Intercropped in Coconut Garden

“…About 45 per cent of the net area sown is under perennial crops like coconut. Studies conducted in Tamil Nadu and isolated pockets in Kerala, have shown that baby corn production could be an important on-farm income generation activity when intercropped with annual crops (Thavaprakash and Velayudham, 2008) and perennial crops like coconut (CPCRI, 2012). Baby corn is comparatively a new crop for Kerala and small farmers are often hesitant in trying new crops under sole cropping situations, since it involves certain degree of risk.…”

Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Yield of Baby Corn (Zea mays L.)

“…Although, baby corn has been developed as an export vegetable that can generate foreign exchange, it is serving the local people with nutritious vegetable. Despite its great nutritional importance and economic security to the farmers only limited scientific research has been reported on baby corn, resulting in insufficient knowledge and lack of standard technologies that hamper the popularization of baby corn production (Muthukumar et al, 2007;Thavaprakaash and Velayudham, 2008 recent domestication, cultivation practices need to be standardized before it finds a prominent place in most of the intensive cropping systems due to its short duration nature. In order to popularize its cultivation among the farming community, it is essential to standardize its agro techniques not only for its potential yield but also for its quality babies and fodder.…”