STUDIES ON VIELD AND STORABILlTV OF BABV CORN EARS | ||||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||||
| Article 22, Volume 28, Issue 3, March 2003, Page 2099-2115 PDF (1.25 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2003.242704 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| R. I. EI-Bassiouny,1; S. K. EL-Seifi2; G. F. Omar2 | ||||
| 1Vegetable Handling Department, Horticultural Research Institute, Agricultural Research Institute, Giza | ||||
| 2Department of Horticulture, Faculty 0' Agriculture, Suez Ca al unlv., Ismallia | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Two field experiments were carried out during summer and nili $easqns of 1999 and 2000 to achieve a study on ear characters. lolal yield and its componenls and storabiUIy of baby ears obtained from three com cultlvars .Le., lield corn, sweet corn aod true baby corn. Results revealed that field corn cultivar had the best ear characters, followed by baby corn cuttivar. and then sweet corn at last. Suitable harvest dale to produce baby ears found to be at silking for both field corn and sweet corn, and one and two days after siJking for true baby corn . True baby corn produced the highest of number of baby ears per plant. and subsequently the highest husked and unhusked marketable yield followed by sweet corn, then field corn was the last. In the storability study, weight loss and decay percentage were increased while, visual quality and chemical characters declined gradually as the storage time progressed. Cultivars can be ranked as very good (field corn) to excellent (true baby corn. and sweet corn" In terms of responding to storage conditi ns, where they maIntained Quality well for two weeks when their baby ear stored at cold temperature (5°C ), compared with storing at room temperature, which resulted in unacceptable ears after only three days of storage. | ||||
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