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Sweet Corn Data recording schedule

Day(s) Activity Sheet No. Status
1 Sowing
8 DAS Emergence
20 DAS Thinning And Gap Filling
Record Final Plant Stand
30 DAS Seedling Vigour
Seedling Uniformity
50% SILKING Mid Silk
50%TASSELING Mid Tassel
20DAYS+SILKING Maturity Recording
AT FINAL HARVEST Plant Height
75-80 DAS Ear Height
Ease Of Ear Pick
Weight -10 Green Ears
Weight -10 Yellow Ears
Ear Length
Ear Curvature
Rowing
Shelling
Tip Fill
Kernel Colour
Kernel Depth
Width
Sweetness
Pericarp Tenderness
Flags
Husk Colour
Husk Length
General Rating
DISEASE RECORDING Common Rust
(As per appearance) Northern Corn Leaf Blight
Southern Corn Leaf Blight
DAS-days after sowing
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Scale Definitions (Sweet Corn)
FSTD YELLOW 9.Exceptionally good on all points
9- Orange 7.Show definite promise
9- Exceptionally vigorous and uniform 7- Dark yellow 5.Acceptable but not noteworthy
7- Very good vigor 5- Mediumyellow 3.Not generally acceptable
5- Acceptable, good vigor 3- Light yellow 1.Definitely not acceptable
1- Poor yellow
1- Unacceptable, poor vigor 9.High Disease Incidence
BICOLOUR 5. MediumDisease Incidence
MT Number of days fromplanting to 50% of the plants shedding pollen 9- Highest gloss and contrast 1.Low Disease Incidence
7- Bright, good contrast
RLMAT Number of days fromsowing to First Harvest 5- Average contrast, white still clear
3- Mediumpale yellow and/or off- white, poor contrast
PLHT Average height of plants fromsoil to top of tassel in cm 1- Poor and/or dull, very poor contrast, yellowish white
EH Measured fromsoil to butt of the upper ear in cm
HL Amount of leaf tissue extending above the tip of the ear (cm)
9- Superior Sweetness and Flavour
YB10GW 10 ears in row with husks (Kg) 7- Very Sweet and distinctive flovour
5- Acceptable sweetness and flavour
YB10YW 10 ears in row without husks (Kg) 3- Flat and somewhat starchy
1- Undetectable sweetness and flavour (tasteless)
LNAVE Average length of five randomupper ears (cm)
DI Average diameter of five randomupper ears (cm) 9- Exceptionally tender (should dissolve totally in the mouth)
7- Very tender (slightly tougher to chew)
5- Acceptable tenderness (edible)
3- Tough (substandard)
1- Unacceptable (Tastes like field corn)
Data to be entered as average of 5 cobs
9- Very easy shelling 9-Best shelf life (maintains color & sweetness, taste)
7- Easy shelling 7-Very good shelf life
5- Acceptable shelling 5-Very good shelf life
3- Hard shelling 3-Average
1- Very hard shelling 1-Poor (dried, non marketable)
TF Length of blankness at the tip of the ear (cm)
Number of plants that remain after 10 days fromthinning
Rg*
ES
VIGOR
CL
3- Poor vigor
SHANK TO
KERNEL
RATIO
Select best 5 ears of each entry, remove total kernels and take the
weight of kernels and shank separately.
1- Strong taper frombutt to tip
3- Slight to mediumsharp taper to tip
3- Considerable sulci, spiral and broken
1- All bad sulci, spiral, broken or drop rows to ear tips
Keep the best 5 ears(with husk) in room temperature for 7 days and record the
shelf life for husk color, kernel color and sweetness/taste
SHELF LIFE Shelling
FV
PR
GR
DISGR
5- Cylindrical, with sharp taper to tip
7- Generally cylindrical, slight taper at tip
9- Very cylindrical frombutt to tip
9- Mostly perfect rows
7- Good Rowing
5- Average few slightly spiral and broken

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Disease Scale Definitions (Sweet Corn)
CRUST
Record disease percentage on total
plant population of the entry
>0 and <5% 10 to 20% 30 to 40% 40 to 50% 70 to 90%
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Record disease percentage on total
plant population of the entry
NCLB
% infection = 100 X No of Infected plants
Total number of plants


% infection = 100 X No of Infected plants
Total number of plants



70 to 90% >90%

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Master Sweet Corn Data Sheet as per SPIRIT
Crop: Date of sowing :
Location : Spacing :
PMC :
PLC:
Expt ID : No. of Replications :
No. of plants/row :
No. of rows/entry :
PLOT ID MATID Final
stand
Vigour Mid
Tassel
Maturity
relative to
check
Plant
Height
Ear
height
Husk
Length
Yield
Best 10
ears-
Green
Yield
Best 10
ears-
Yellow
Average
Ear
length
Ear
Diameter
Ear
Shape
Tip fill Straight
ness of
Rowing
Shelling Kernel
Colour
Flavour Pericarp
Tenderness
Shelf Life General
Rating
Common
Rust
Northern
Corn Leaf
Blight
General
Disease
Rating
REMARKS
FSTD VIGOR MT RLMAT PLHT EH HL YB10GW YB10YW LNAVE DI ES TF Rg* EC FV PR SHANK (gm) KERNEL(gm) GR CRUST NCLB DISGR
1 SKK 080015 0 0 0
2 SKK 080038 0 0 0
3 NILPAC 795 0 0 0
4 Bright Jean 0 0 0
5 Sugar 75 0 0 0
6 0 0 0
7 0 0 0
8 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
10 0 0 0
SWEETCORN
6.1
TROPICAL
Sr. No. ABBRV CODE
GREEN YELLOW
Shank to Kernel ratio
Plant-Plant
Row-row

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Crop: SWEETCORN Row to Row
Location : 0 Plant to Plant
PMC : TROPICAL Area 0 #DIV/0! plants /acre
Total No. of other nonmarketable cobs-eg. Cobs with flat tips
REP I Kg. Kg.
MARKETABLE YB10GW YB10YW YB10GW
FSTD
Total no of
Harvstbl cobs
Total No. of
multicobs
Total No. of cobs
with multiple
cobs within a
single husk
Total No. of
other
nonmarketable
cobs
Yield 10
ears-
Green
Yield 10
ears-
Yellow
Yield Best
10 ears-
Green
1 SKK 080015 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
2 SKK 080038 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 NILPAC 795 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
4 Bright Jean #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 Sugar 75 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
REP II Kg. Kg.
Sr. No. Hybrids MARKETABLE YB10GW YB10YW
FSTD
Total no of
Harvstbl cobs
Total No. of
multicobs
Total No. of cobs
with multiple
cobs within a
single husk
Total No. of
other
nonmarketable
cobs
Yield Best
10 ears-
Green
Yield Best
10 ears-
Yellow
1 SKK 080015
2 SKK 080038
3 NILPAC 795
4 Bright Jean
5 Sugar 75
6 0
7 0
NON MARKETABLE
AVERAGE
Sr. No. Hybrids
SPACING (ft)
FSTD
( R1+R2)
NON MARKETABLE

8 0
9 0
10 0
YB10YW
Yield Best
10 ears-
Yellow
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
#DIV/0! #DIV/0!
AVERAGE
Average no. of
marketable
cobs/plant