Indian Journal of Agronomy
Year : 2012, Volume : 57, Issue : 1
First page : ( 96) Last page : ( 99)
Print ISSN : 0537-197X. Online ISSN : 0974-4460.

Effect of nutrient sources and weed control methods on yield and economics of baby corn (Zea mays)

Barod Niranjan Kumar*, M.Sc. Student, Dhar Shiva^1,*, Senior Scientist, Kumar Ashok^2,**, Principal Scientist

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

¹Division of Agronomy

²Directorate of Maize Research, Pusa Campus, IARI

Correspondence author:

*Email: drsdmisra@gmail.com

**Email: akagronomy@gmail.com

Short note: Based on a part of M.Sc. thesis of the first author submitted to Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 2009 (unpublished)

Online published on 10 April, 2012.

Received:  August,  2011; Accepted:  January,  2011.

Abstract

Results of the field experiment conducted at New Delhi during kharif season of 2008 showed that baby corn can be grown profitably with application of 120 kg N through vermicompost and two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS or pre-emergence tank mix application of atrazine @ 0.5 kg + pendimethalin @ 0.75 kg/ha.

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Keywords

Baby corn, Green fodder yield, Root volume, Root weight, Weed control index, Weed index.

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