Abstract

Two field experiments were conducted at National Agriculture Research council Islamabad during 2012-2013 growing season. The 15 sweet corn varieties from diverse geographic origins were chosen to study the morphological traits such as days to maturity, mid node antocyanin, internode length, cob leaf length and width, leaves per plant, ear height, plant height,50% pollen shedding, tessel characters, 50% silk emergence and cob characters. Seed characteristics have also been recorded to have an analysis on yield to check the effect of sowing season. Results showed spring sowing was on average has better effect on sweet corn growth as compared to autumn season. Spring season has resulted better plant height and yield as compared to autumn season.

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