VK Agrawal1 and Komal Kanwer2
1 Professor (Entomology), School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Assistant Professor (Agronomy), School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
*Corresponding Author: VK Agrawal, Professor, School of Agricultural Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Received: December 04, 2019; Published: December 18, 2019
This unique symptom has observed at Agronomy Farm of Jaipur National University, Jaipur (Rajasthan) in the month of September, 2019 and being considered as first report from India.
A corn plant has a monoecious flowering habit where the plant has both male and female flowers but both flowers are initially bisexual . During the course of development the female components (gynoecia) of the male flowers and the male components (stamens) of the female flowers abort, resulting in tassel (male) and ear (female) development.
Citation: VK Agrawal and Komal Kanwer. “First Report Regarding Tassel Ears (Corn Cobs in Tassels) in CORN PLANTS from India".Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.1 (2020): 106.
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