Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Patel KH, Parmar PK, Patel MB, Varma HS, Singh SK, Mehta PV, Patel NJ and Patel VJ

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at Main Maize Research Station, AAU, Godhra during the Rabi 2019-20 to Rabi 2020-21 to study the yield of baby corn and quality parameters of baby corn by keeping spacing 45 cm x 20 cm under three levels of nitrogen (40kgN/ha, 60 kg N/ha and 80 kgN/ha), two levels of phosphorus (20 kg P2O5/ha, 40 kg P2O5/ha) with 4 replications. Experimental findings showing that 80kgN/ha gave baby corn yield with husk (6205 kg/ha) and 1102 kg/ha baby corn yield without husk but it is at par with 60 kg N/ha while 20 kg P2O5 gave higher baby corn yield with husk (5766 kg/ha) and without husk (1029 kg/ha). The nitrogen dose of 80 kg N/ha gave 5.19% TSS and 10.11% Total carbohydrates% where as 40 kg P2O5/ha gave higher TSS% (5.10%) and higher carbohydrates% (10.02%). Among the six treatments, the treatment N3P1 (80 kg N/ha + 20 kg P2O5/ha) gave higher net profit (Rs.1,50,462) with high BCR (6.24) than other treatments. So, the farmers of middle Gujarat agro-climatic zone growing rabi baby corn hybrid maize (GAYMH 1) are recommended to apply the crop with 60 kg N/ha (50% as basal and 50% at 30 DAS) and 20 kg P2O5/ha to achieve higher baby corn yield with high net return.