System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a popular practice being adopted worldwide to reap rich harvest. In the recent past, the successful SRI practices are being inculcated to other crops in the name of System of Crop Intensification (SCI). The SCI practices also proved to increase the yield levels more than two times. In pursuit of extending the beneficial effect of SRI to SCI in finger millet, the present study was programmed. Finger millet is an important small millet crop ranked third in India in area and production; staple food crop in hilly regions, grown for grain and fodder and...

Corn or maize is one of the most important food crops of the World. Change in living standards and shift in food habits of people to vegetarianism have made to evolve many vegetables. One such identified vegetable is Baby corn, i.e. immature young corn harvested before fertilization. Owing to high nutritional values, sweet in taste, succulent and delicious in nature, it has spread over the globe. It is a new plant type, short duration and completes its life cycle within 75 days. Development of suitable agronomic practices is a felt need for obtaining higher productivity, better quality and...