Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Gondaliya BR, Desai KD, Padhiyar DH and Mangroliya RM

Abstract:
An investigation was carried out on “Effect of chemicals on growth, yield and quality of baby corn (Zea mays L.)” at Horticulture Polytechnic, ACHF, NAU, Navsari, and Gujarat, India during summer 2020. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design (RBD) with eight treatments viz., T₁: GA₃ 40 ppm; T₂: NAA 40 ppm; T₃: mepiquat chloride 200 ppm; T₄: cystocele 200 ppm; T₅: paclobutrazol (PBZ) 200 ppm; T₆: putrescine 50 ppm; T₇: PBZ 200 ppm Seed soaking and T₈: Control which, were replicated thrice. All the chemicals were applied as foliar spray at 30 DAS, except T₇ treatment. In this treatment seeds were soaked on previous day in PBZ 200 ppm for three hours and kept in shade. The results revealed that foliar application of GA₃ 40 ppm indicated distinguished effect on quality of baby corn. Fresh and dry baby corn samples were analysed and higher total sugar content (2.35% and 6.95%, respectively), reducing sugar content (1.78% and 5.49%, respectively) and protein content (25.87 mg g^-1 and 63.30 mg g^-1, respectively) were obtained in T₁ treatment.