Effect of Nitrogen and Crop Geometry on Growth and Yield of Baby Corn

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted to investigate the Effect of Nitrogen and Crop Geometry on Growth and Yield ofBaby Corn during Zaid season of 2023 at the Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P.) India. The main objectives of experiment is to studythe efficacy of nitrogen and crop geometry on growth and yield of baby corn. The experiment was executed using Randomized Block Design with ten treatments and replicated thrice. The treatments combinations are T1:Nitrogen 60kg/ha + Crop Geometry 40cm × 20cm T2: Nitrogen 80kg/ha + Crop Geometry40cm × 20cm T3: Nitrogen 100kg/ha + Crop Geometry 40cm × 20cm T4: Nitrogen 60kg/ha + Crop Geometry 50cm × 20cm T5: Nitrogen 80kg/ha + Crop Geometry 50cm × 20cm T6: Nitrogen 100kg/ha + Crop Geometry 50cm × 20cm T7: Nitrogen 60kg/ha + Crop Geometry 60cm × 20cm. T8: Nitrogen 80kg/ha + Crop Geometry 60cm × 20cm T9: Nitrogen 100kg/ha + Crop Geometry 60cm × 20cm, T10: Control (RDF-60- 40-40 NPK kg/ha) are used. The result of the study revealed that the higher plant height (173.47 cm), higher plant dry weight (29.3 g/plant), number of cobs/plant (2.1), green fodder yield (33.32 t/ha), cob yield with husk (12.30 t/ha), andcob yield without husk (4.33 t/ha) were significantly showed significant difference with application of Nitrogen100kg/ha + Crop Geometry 50cm × 20cm. It was concluded that for obtaining higher yield components with better quality of baby corn with Nitrogen 100 kg/ha + Crop Geometry 50cm × 20cm was recommended.