Hybrid baby corn that changed the face of a village
Thursday, 14 October 2010
The development of HM 4 baby corn has changed the livelihood of a village in Haryana as for the farmers the cultivation of baby corn is more than winning daily bread and butter, Commodity Online report said.
Baby corn plays a significant role in ensuring livelihood security and augmenting income level of farmers in peri-urban areas. HM 4 possess all the desirable traits of an ideal baby corn hybrid. Its cultivation is gaining momentum in nearby areas of cities.
This single cross hybrid has an attractive creamish to light yellow color with desirable size of 6.0 to 11.0 cm in length and 1.0 to 1.5 cm in diameter with regular row arrangement. It is highly nutritive and sweet in taste.
It has most desirable medium height plant type, lodging resistant, prolific and responsive to high dose of fertilisers and plant remains green after picking of baby corn. Three to four pickings are common.
Green plants also provide quality fodder to livestock. Additional income is also obtained through intercropping with vegetables, pulses, flowers etc.
Every farmer in Aterna village of Sonipat district in Haryana is cultivating baby corn. They were using seed obtained from private companies at the rate of Rs.160- 200/- per kilo seed. Seed rate was 20-25 kg/acre.
Thus, cost of cultivation was high. Kanwal Singh Chauhan of this village came to know about HM 4 baby corn hybrid from breeder of this hybrid, Dr. Sain Dass, Corn Breeder, Regional Station, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Uchani, Karnal.
He obtained seed of HM 4 and introduced in his village for baby corn cultivation. He obtained seed at very cheap rate i.e. around Rs.50/- per kilo of seed. Seed rate of this hybrid is 8-10 kg/ acre.
Therefore, cost of cultivation was reduced. Produce of baby corn was brought in Azadpur Mandi, Delhi.
Baby corn plays a significant role in ensuring livelihood security and augmenting income level of farmers in peri-urban areas. HM 4 possess all the desirable traits of an ideal baby corn hybrid. Its cultivation is gaining momentum in nearby areas of cities.
This single cross hybrid has an attractive creamish to light yellow color with desirable size of 6.0 to 11.0 cm in length and 1.0 to 1.5 cm in diameter with regular row arrangement. It is highly nutritive and sweet in taste.
It has most desirable medium height plant type, lodging resistant, prolific and responsive to high dose of fertilisers and plant remains green after picking of baby corn. Three to four pickings are common.
Green plants also provide quality fodder to livestock. Additional income is also obtained through intercropping with vegetables, pulses, flowers etc.
Every farmer in Aterna village of Sonipat district in Haryana is cultivating baby corn. They were using seed obtained from private companies at the rate of Rs.160- 200/- per kilo seed. Seed rate was 20-25 kg/acre.
Thus, cost of cultivation was high. Kanwal Singh Chauhan of this village came to know about HM 4 baby corn hybrid from breeder of this hybrid, Dr. Sain Dass, Corn Breeder, Regional Station, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University, Uchani, Karnal.
He obtained seed of HM 4 and introduced in his village for baby corn cultivation. He obtained seed at very cheap rate i.e. around Rs.50/- per kilo of seed. Seed rate of this hybrid is 8-10 kg/ acre.
Therefore, cost of cultivation was reduced. Produce of baby corn was brought in Azadpur Mandi, Delhi.