Performance of baby corn varieties under varying planting geometry

Abstract

To find the best baby corn variety and geometry for the Southern Zone of Telangana, a field experiment was carried out at PJTSAU, Hyderabad in the winter of 2014–2015. The treatments were duplicated three times and were based on a randomized block design with a factorial approach. They included three different baby corn varieties ('30V92', 'Seed Tech-740' and 'VL-42') and four different planting geometries (45 cm × 15 cm, 45 cm × 20 cm, 60 cm × 10 cm and 60 cm × 15 cm). Experiment findings showed that VL-42 with 45 cm x 15 cm spacing produced 56% more baby corn than Seed Tech-740 with the same spacing. In contrast, VL-42 had the greatest cultivation costs when planted in a 60 cm × 10 cm grid, but the best net returns and benefit cost ratio when planted in a 45 cm x 15 cm grid. According to the research, VL-42, which has a population of 1,48,148 plants/ha, is a good choice for cultivating baby corn on sandy loam soils in Telangana's Southern Zone.