Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
SJPC 1: A promising popcorn composite suitable for maize growers of Jammu province
Author(s): Praveen Singh, Ravinder S Sudan and Ashwani Kumar
Abstract: Popcorn as cash crop has direct impact on socio economic status of farmers and significantly to the employment sector also. Raising popcorn production will therefore overcome the problem of low productivity of maize and create a positive all round impact for farmers of hill zones of Jammu and Kashmir, where maize is staple and traditionally cultivated crop. Grain quality is a major concern for the improvement of popcorn. The composite SJPC1 developed at MBRSS, Poonch, showed yield superiority both at research farm and farmers field. Consistent high yielding of this composite in multi location trials ranged between 22 to 35 ql/ha over years. The composite showed 25.56% yield superiority over best check variety even under farmers practices with very high cost benefit ratio. Considering the performance, composite SJPC1 may be recommended for commercial cultivation to expeditiously meet the challenge of agriculture income and production economy of this region.
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Praveen Singh, Ravinder S Sudan, Ashwani Kumar. SJPC 1: A promising popcorn composite suitable for maize growers of Jammu province. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):3374-3377.
