_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: mpneupane66@gmail.com; Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 16(3): 1-11, 2017; Article no.JEAI.32574 Previously known as American Journal of Experimental Agriculture ISSN: 2231-0606 Effect of Soil and Foliar Nitrogen Application on Growth, Yield and Quality of Baby Corn Cultivars M. P. Neupane 1* , S. P. Singh 2 , U. Sai Sravan 2 and Abhishek Singh 2 1 Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Lamjung Campus, Lamjung, Nepal. 2 Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India. Authors’ contributions This work was part of Ph.D thesis work of author MPN carried out at Banaras Hindu University. Author MPN performed the study design, data collection, lab and statistical analyses under the supervision of author SPS. Authors USS and AS helped in preparation of manuscript, graphs and statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEAI/2017/32574 Editor(s): (1) Slawomir Borek, Department of Plant Physiology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. (2) T. Muthukumar, Root & Soil Biology Laboratory Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, India. (3) Mintesinot Jiru, Department of Natural Sciences, Coppin State University, Baltimore, USA. Reviewers: (1) Mohammed Suleiman, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Nigeria. (2) Burhan Kara, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. (3) Shelley Gupta, JJT University, Rajasthan, India and P G Moze College of Engineering, Pune, India. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/19117 Received 2 nd March 2017 Accepted 1 st May 2017 Published 18 th May 2017 ABSTRACT An imperative nitrogen management schedule attempted for the first time using soil application fb (followed by) foliar application at harvest stage to improve productivity and quality of baby corn. A two year study carried out in winter season with three cultivars and six schedules of recommended dose of nitrogen (RDN) application. Nitrogen scheduling in two, three and four splits compared on composite and hybrid cultivars. Crop growth, productivity traits, picking wise cob and corn yields, quality, plant nutrient ratios and nutrient harvest indices were determined. Cultivars followed the order HM-4>HQPM-1>Azad Uttam for yield components, yield and quality. HM-4 gave 7.0% and 31.6% higher mean baby corn yields than HQPM-1 and Azad Uttam. Soil fb foliar RDN application Original Research Article