Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana- 141 004
The data on physico-chemical and organoleptic characteristics of baby corn (Zea mays L) genotypes were recorded for five genotypes viz. SE 539, SE 547, CM 139, CM 140 and PMH 2 along with check, (Parkash) during kharif 2006. Significant mean differences were observed among genotypes for most of the characters studied. CM 140 was the best on the basis of overall acceptability as it showed highest score (16.30) on the basis of 25 point score. PMH 2 exhibited better physical characters like ear weight, ear length, ear diameter than other four genotypes and hybrid Parkash. Moisture and total sugars were on a par with that of Parkash. Phosphorus was also recorded higher than Parkash in PMH 2. This study suggested that baby corn of PMH 2 was better than Parkash followed by SE 539 and CM 140.
Baby corn, organoleptic characteristics, physico chemical characters
