Vol. 9, Special Issue 9, Part B (2025)

A field experiment was carried out on silty loam soil during Rabi season of 2020-21 and 2021-22 to calculate the fodder yield and quality of Baby corn (Zea mays L.) as influenced by its row spacing and nitrogen application. The experiment was laid out in Randomize Block Design (3 X 4 Factorial) explained that with 3 row spacing viz - 40 cm X 20 cm, 50 cm X 20 cm and 60 cm X 20 cm and 4 nitrogen application viz - N₁ - 50% RDN as basal + 50% RDN at knee high stage + 5 tonne FYM, N₂- 50% RDN as basal + 50% RDN at tassel emergence (TE) + 5 tonne FYM, N₃ - 50% RDN as basal + 25% RDN at knee high stage + 25% RDN at tassel emergence (TE) + 5 tonne FYM and N₄ - 25% RDN as basal + 50% at knee high stage + 25% RDN at tassel emergence + 5 tonne FYM with three replication. Significantly higher chlorophyll content in leaves, fodder yield and quality of baby corn viz - protein content, carbohydrate content and sugar content in baby corn were recorded with row spacing 50 cm X 20 cm + nitrogen application N₃ - 50% RDN as basal + 25% RDN at knee high stage + 25% RDN at tassel emergence (TE) + 5 tonne FYM, while the minimum was recorded with row spacing 40 cm X 20 cm + 50% RDN as basal + 50% RDN at knee high stage + 5 tonne FYM. However, results revealed that row spacing 50 cm X 20 cm - (R₂) and nitrogen application 50% RDN as basal + 25% RDN at knee high stage + 25% RDN at tassel emergence (TE) 5 tonne FYM - (N₃) were found to be best source of row spacing and nitrogen application, respectively and their combination R₂ N₃ - (50 cm X 20 cm + 50% RDN as basal + 25% RDN at knee high stage + 25% RDN at tassel emergence (TE) 5 tonne FYM) produced highest over all other treatment combination in relation to fodder yield quality of baby corn, for economical cultivation under agro - climatic condition of Gorakhpur.