Effect of Split Application of N and Harvesting Schedule of Sweet Corn

The present investigation was conducted at the Instructional Farm, Department of Agronomy, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during Rabi 2019-20 with an aim to study the effect of split application of nitrogen and harvesting schedule on sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata L.) under South Saurashtra condition on growth, yield attributes and yield of sweet corn. Total eighteen treatment combination, consisting of two variety (V1- SG- 75) and V2- Sweet- 16) and three split application of nitrogen (N1- 50.0 % N as basal + 50.0 % N at knee height stage, N2- 25.0 % N as basal + 50.0 % N at knee height stage + 25.0 % N at tasseling stage and N3- 33.3 % N as basal + 33.3 % N at knee height stage + 33.3 % N at tasseling stage) were assigned to main plot and three harvesting schedule (T1- 20 days after silking, T2- 30 days after silking and T3- 40 days after silking) were allotted to sub plot and tested in a split plot design with three replications.