ABSTRACT
Baby corn is a popular vegetable in USA, Europe and Southeast Asia. The demand for baby corn is rapidly increasing in urban areas in India. Baby corn can be effectively used as both a nutritious vegetable and as an export crop to earn valuable foreign exchange. After harvest the still young plants may be used as fodder for cattle. Thailand is the major baby corn producing and exporting country in the world while India has emerged as one of the potential baby corn producing countries because of the low cost of production as compared to many other countries. In late 1970’s people in USA and western countries started to consume raw cobs called baby corn. Short duration, prolific, single cross hybrid with medium height should be selected. HM-4, Prakash, etc are suitable hybrids for baby corn.
