SWEET CORN POTENTIAL FOR CULTIVATION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Richard A.I. Brathwaite

No 261455, 21st Annual Meeting, September 8-13, 1985, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from Caribbean Food Crops Society

Abstract: Results of research work conducted in the Faculty of Agriculture on sweet corn (Zes mays L. var. saccharata Sturt) are discussed and the potential for the cultivation of the crop indicated. A new high yielding (over 35,000 marketable cobs per ha) synthetic cultivar, Local F7, developed at the University is identified. ----- Los resultados del trabaj 0 de investigacidn del choclo (Zea mays L. var, saccharata Sturt) llevados a cabo en la Facultad de Agricultura son discutidos y la posibilidad para su cultivo es indicada, Se identifica una variedad, sintltica-criolla F7 de gran rendimiento (mls de 35,000 mazorcas para rnercadeo/ha), desarrollada en la Universidad de West Indies.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 1985-09-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.261455

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