1Department of Agronomy and Agroforestry, School of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author: tanujkumar.mandal@tnu.in
Maize has emerged as an important crop due to its wider adaptability and high yield potential. Baby corn is an off shoot of maize which is grown for it's young, fresh, finger like green cobs, harvested at the time of silk emergence and before pollination and fertilization. The present study was carried out at the Instructional farm, School of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, the Neotia University Sarisha, Jhinga, South 24 parganas, West Bengal to study the effect of detasseling and organic nutrient management on the growth and yield of baby corn during the Rabi season of 2024-2025. The experiment was carried out in split plot design replicated thrice, having three different level of detasseling time in main plots, viz., D1: no detasseling (control), D2: detasseling immediately after tassel emergence and D3: detasseling at 7 days after tassel emergence, and three different level of organic nutrient management in sub-plots, namely, N1: 4 t vermicompost/ha, N2: 4 t vermicompost/ha + Jeevamruta (at 30 says interval) and N3: 4 t vermicompost/ ha + Jeevamruta + Amrutpani (at 60 says interval). Detasseling time and application of organic nutrient management significantly influenced the growth attributes, yield attributes and yield of baby corn as the detasseling after seven days after tassel emergence and the application of 4 t vermicompost/ha + Jeevamruta (at 30 says interval) resulted in their superiority over other treatment combinations.
⓿ Detasseling at seven days after tassel emergence recorded the highest values of growth attributes, yield attributes and yield of baby corn.
⓿ Application of 4 t vermicompost/ha + Jeevamruta (at 30 says interval) recorded highest growth, yield attributes and yield of baby corn.
Baby corn, Detasseling, Jeevamruta, Amrutpani, Vermicompost
