Background:
Now a day, enhancing farm profitability in the crop production is a major target of any research organization. In this regard, production of baby corn in the hilly region can help the farmers to enhance profitability by way of organic baby corn production as the soil of the region is rich in the humus. The Sikkim which is purely an organic state declared by government of India may have plenty of scope to grow baby corn and therefore can enhance farmers income. This baby corn can fetch higher prices in the national and international market.:
Technology Details:
In view of this, a baby corn hybrid development programme was initiated by ICAR-IIMR to target the Northern Hill Zone. We have developed an early maturing baby corn hybrid suited to this target ecology with in-built tolerance to biotic stresses. This hybrid LBCH3 out yielded the existing best baby corn check and released and notified in the year 2020 by CVRC. The female line V373 is very productive and there is good synchrony with male parent for hybrid seed production. However, the synchrony is to be standardized at the site of seed production. Cultivar and growing ecologies : LBCH3 (DMRHB1305) for Northern Hill Zone (NHZ) comprising the states J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh:
Type of corn : Baby corn Parentage : V 373 × HKI 1105 Year of release (CSC on CSN & RVAC) : 2020, (Dated 10th July, 2020) Gazette Notification Details : S.O. 3482 (E)S.N.37, Dated 7th October, 2020 Yield (t/ha) : 1.3 de-husked baby corn Season : Kharif Maturity Group : Early Reaction to major diseases and insects : Moderately resistant (MR) to multiple diseases viz., turcicum leaf blight, maydis leaf blight, and banded leaf and sheath blight under artificial epiphytotic conditions at hot-spots locations. Other remarks : This hybrid has shown significant baby corn yield superiority (14.3%) over the best check over three years of testing in AICRP trials of NHZ; Responsive to high inputs. Length of baby corn is 9.6-11.6 cm and fodder yield of 17.0-21.0 t/ha in the recommended zone