Influence of Different Organic Manures on the Growth and Yield of Baby Corn

Field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam during Purattasipattam (September - October) of 2017 to study the Influence of different organic manures on the growth and yield of baby corn. Baby corn G 5414 was used as test variety. The field trail was laid out in randomized block design and replicated thrice. Three different organic manures were used viz., farmyard manure, poultry manure and vermicompost with or without panchagavya as foliar spray. Significantly higher values of growth parameters were registered with application of 100% N through poultry manure and higher green cob and green fodder yield was obtained with the application of 100% N through poultry manure (10920 kg ha-1 and 29797 kg ha-1 respectively) and it is superior to the rest of treatments. Application of 100% N through poultry manure + 3% Panchagavya spray at vegetative and tasseling stage recorded higher green cob and green fodder yield (10418 kg ha-1 and 28636 kg ha-1 respectively). This was followed by the application of 50% N through farmyard manure + 50% N through poultry manure + 3% Panchagavya spray at vegetative and tasseling stage and application of 50% N through farmyard manure + 50% N through poultry manure which registered higher green cob and green fodder yield (10401 kg ha-1 and 28498 kg ha-1 respectively, 10354 kg ha-1 and 28389 kg ha-1 respectively). These treatments were on par with each other. Application of 100% N through poultry manure produced significantly higher growth and yield of baby corn when compared to the rest of combinations.