Indian Journal of Agronomy
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 57
  • Issue: 1

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

  • Author:
  • Niranjan Kumar Barod, Shiva Dhar1,, Ashok Kumar2,
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 96 to 99

1Division of Agronomy

2Directorate of Maize Research, Pusa Campus, IARI

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

*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 thesis of the first author submitted to Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 2009 (unpublished)

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.

Keywords

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