Recommended Citation
Maynard, Elizabeth, "Sugar-enhanced and Synergistic Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation for Northern Indiana, 2014" (2015). Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports. Paper 97.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/mwvtr/97
Date of this Version
1-1-2015
Keywords
variety trials, sweetcorn, sweet corn, vegetables, Zea mays
Abstract
Indiana sweet corn acreage harvested for fresh market averaged 5,233 acres annually from 2011- 2013, with a yield of 63 hundredweight per acre (149 crates or 3.1 tons per acre) and an annual value of $13.9 million (USDA NASS, 2014).
Sweet corn fields for fresh market sales are located throughout the state. In northern Indiana, bicolor corn is most commonly grown. Varieties with improved eating quality are of interest to both producers and consumers. Producers are also interested in yield, ear size, appearance, and agronomic characteristics.
This paper reports on nine bicolor and one yellow sugar-enhanced or synergistic sweet corn entries that were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana.
Comments
Originally published in Midwest Vegetable Trial Report for 2014. Compiled by E.T. Maynard, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana. January 2015.