Pusa Super Sweet Corn-1, a Single Cross Sweet Corn Hybrid Developed

摘要

Pusa Super Sweet Com-1 is a single cross sweet corn hybrid developed by Division of Genetics, ICAR -Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. It possesses recessive shrunken2 (sh2) gene. It has been released and notified by CVRC for commercial cultivation in Northern Hill Zone (NHZ), North Western Plain Zone (NWPZ), North Eastern Plain Zone (NEPZ) and Peninsular Zone (PZ). It provides excellent grain and ear quality for sweet corn purpose. It possesses kernel sweetness with average brix of 15.9%. Average green ear yield is 13.0 t/ ha and average cob (dehusked) yield is 9.3 t/ha. It provides excellent quality of green fodder as well. Since, it matures in 77.6 days, multiple crops can be taken on a single field in a year.