TAILIEUCHUNG - Influence of modified soil environment on growth and yield of summer baby corn (Zea mays L.) as affected by irrigation and mulch in west Bengal, India

Two years field experiment was conducted during pre-kharif seasons of 2016 and 2017 at Instructional Farm, Jaguli, , Nadia, , to study the effect of irrigation and mulches on soil environment modification, growth, yield attributes and yield of summer baby corn (Zea mays L.) var. G5414-F1 hybrid. The experiment was designed in split plot with three replications. The treatments comprised of three levels of irrigation (IW: CPE , and ) as main plot and four levels of mulching (no mulch-control, 30µ polythene mulch, paddy straw mulch @4 t ha-1 and geotextile mulch @ 500 g m-2 ) as sub plots. Results revealed that significantly taller plants, maximum number of functional leaves plant-1 , higher root and shoot length, shoot diameter and yield attributes . length, weight and girth of baby cobs (with and without husk) were obtained by IW: CPE and polythene mulch. Significantly higher cob yield (2270 kg ha-1 ), corn yield (1795 kg ha-1 ) and green fodder yield (37 t ha-1 ) were recorded from the interaction effect of IW: CPE and polythene mulch. Soil temperature at 5, 10 and 20 cm depth was lower in IW: CPE and maximum under IW: CPE . Mulch with polythene recorded highest soil temperature at harvest compared to no mulch and paddy straw mulch at both the depths (5 and 10 cm). Higher soil moisture (%) was observed at 15-30 cm depth under IW: CPE and polythene mulch during initial growth stages. Strong positive correlation was observed with soil temperature and different growth parameters, yield attributes and yield of summer baby corn. | Influence of modified soil environment on growth and yield of summer baby corn (Zea mays L.) as affected by irrigation and mulch in west Bengal, India

• Sinh học
• Baby corn
• Soil environment
• Modified soil environment
• Yield of summer baby corn
• Irrigation and mulch in west Bengal
• Zea mays L
• Crop geometry
• Baby corn inter cropping system
• Baby corn under paired row
• Performance of baby corn
• Growth and yield
• Growth of summer baby corn
• Summer baby corn
• Nutrient scheduling for baby corn
• Baby corn (Zea mays L
• Intercropped in coconut garden
• Economic nutrient management schedule
• Thermal regime
• Yield of baby corn
• Phenology of baby corn
• Influenced by thermal regime
• Field pea equivalent yield
• Field pea
• Planting pattern
• Field pea and baby corn
• Zinc fertilization
• Yield as influenced
• Zinc fertilization in baby corn
• Quality studies in baby corn
• Hyacinth bean
• System productivity
• System profitability
• Baby corn hyacinth bean cropping system
• Nutrient management practices
• Organic manure
• Spacing on the growth
• Yield performance of baby corn
• Poplar based agroforestry system
• Absorbed PAR
• Light use efficiency
• Summer baby corn (Zea mays L )
• Microclimate towards yield attributing factors
• Baby corn intercropping system
• Yield as affected
• Planting pattern and weed management
• Foliar nutrition
• UAS Bengaluru
• Yield in baby corn (Zea mays L )
• Technology to increase growth
• Zn fertilization
• NPKS fertilization
• Quality of baby corn
• Requires very high quantities of nitrogen
• Dry matter production
• NPK uptake
• Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus var typicus) cropping system
• Cropping system
• Integrated nutrient management practices
• Seed inoculation
• Different levels of inorganics
• Post harvest soil physico chemical properties
• Baby corn variety G 5414
• Line × tester
• Combining ability
• Baby corn in line × tester analysis
• Gene action for various traits
• Estimation of combining ability
• Growth attributes
• Leaf area index
• Row spacing for improving growth attributes
• Growth attributes of baby corn
• Sowing dates
• Fertility levels
• Yield attributes
• Temperate conditions
• Groundnut equivalent yield
• RDF and shelling percentage
• Pod yield
• Integrated nutrient management
• Organic manures
• Plant geometry
• Fertility level
• Zinc level
• Kharif baby corn
• New high yielding baby corn hybrid GAYMH 1
• Kharif cultivation
• Peninsular zone
• Central west zone
• Hybrid GAYMH 1
• Growth hormones
• Microbial and organic formulations
• Baby corn (Zea mays L )
• Green house condition
• Microbial inoculants for production
• Microbial inoculants
• Yield attributing characters
• Cob yield
• Green fodder yield
• Spacing and nutrient management
• Response of plant geometry
• Graded fertility
• Zinc level on productivity
• Profitability and quality
• Quality of rainfed baby corn