Response of Babycorn (Zea mays L.) to Organic Foliar Nutrition in Combination with Different Levels of NPK and Zn

A field experiment was conducted during winter season 2008–09 at experimental farm, Department of Agronomy, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, UP, India. The experiment was carried out in Randomized Block Design consisted 21 treatment combinations with 3 replication. Treatment consisted of three levels of inorganic nutrients (100%, 75% and 50% NPKZn), six levels of organic foliar nutrition (0.5 Fish amino acid, 0.3% Jivamrud and water spray) in which three levels in single spray at 20 DAS and three levels in double spray at 20 and 35 DAS. Amongst the various treatments, T₁₃ [NPK Zn (100% RDN) + fish amino acid (0.5%) at 20 DAS and 35 DAS] performed better than other treatments by producingnumber of harvestable cobs plant ⁻¹, girth of cob, length of cob with husk, weight of cob with husk and without husk, cob yield and fodder yield of babycorn.