Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Determination of quality of baby corn (Zea mays L.) under the effect of integrated nutrient management
Author(s): Garima Joshi and Aaradhana Chilwal
Abstract: The demand of baby corn is increasing day by day in countries like USA, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Arab countries. Baby corn has a great potential to fetch foreign currency through international trade. There is a great demand of baby corn in international market mainly because of its freshness, taste, nutrition, free from pesticides and its multiuse. It is also considered as a green food. Thus the quality of baby corn is of utmost importance to keep it up to the international standards. The present study was thus carried out during Kharif season 2015 at the Instructional Dairy Farm (IDF), Nagla, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand to analyse the growth of baby corn under the effect of integrated nutrient management. The experimental design was Randomized Block Design with 11 treatments consisting of sole application of NPK fertilizer, sole application of Azotobacter and Azospirillum, and application of Azotobacter and Azospirillum along with NPK fertilizer. As a result, different integrated nutrient management practices were found to have significant effect on TSS of baby corn only at 4th pick and on an average values, however 75% NPK+Azos+Azot gave significantly higher TSS content. The protein content was also significantly affected by different integrated nutrient management practices with the highest value at application of 100% NPK+Azot+Azos that remained non significant with 100% NPK and 75% NPK+Azot+Azos treatments. The results of sensory evaluation of baby corn revealed that the baby corn produced at application of 100% NPK+Azot+Azos were liked extremely by 80% of the respondents mainly because of more juicyness and sweetness, whereas 75% NPK+Azot+Azos treatment baby corn were liked extremely by 70 percent respondents. The baby corns of Azotobacter treated plot were liked very much by 40%, liked moderately by 30% and liked slightly by 30% of the respondents. The combined application of chemical fertilizers and biofertilizers thus played good role in improving baby corn quality.
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Garima Joshi, Aaradhana Chilwal. Determination of quality of baby corn (Zea mays L.) under the effect of integrated nutrient management. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):3244-3247.
