Research and Development of Sweet Corn and Baby Corn for Fresh Consumption and Processing

Authors

  • Tavat Lavapaurya Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Pramote Saridniran Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Surapol Chowchong National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
  • Prachoom Juthawantana National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
  • Suranee Thongleung National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
  • Yapapan Chuthathong National Corn and Sorghum Research Center, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
  • Kulvadee Trongpanich Institute of Food Research and Product Development, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Abstract

The sweet corn and baby corn breeding project, Kasetsart University, initially produced a new open pollinated variety of Supersweet corn, “Supersweet DMR” in 1975. This open-pollinated (OP) variety had to be urgently made to provide a variety with moderate downy mildew resistance to replace local varieties which could not grow in the ordinary rainy season. “Thai Supersweet Comp. # 1 DMR” is another OP variety having an even higher downy mildew resistance level and was released to the public in 1979. This variety gives high quality young ear corn and is best for fresh ear consumption as sweet corn. European and Japanese markets impose high standards of young ear corn exported from Thailand. Hybrid single cross 27127 or HS27127 was first accomplished by this project in 1982, aiming at processing and fresh produce markets. Malee Processing Co., Ltd accepted if for making canned cream style corn in 1987 and has been using it since then. While Daily Foods Co, Ltd. Had employed the variety for processing both cream style corn and canned whole kernels since 1988.

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Published

1990-06-30

How to Cite

Tavat Lavapaurya, Pramote Saridniran, Surapol Chowchong, Prachoom Juthawantana, Suranee Thongleung, Yapapan Chuthathong, and Kulvadee Trongpanich. 1990. “Research and Development of Sweet Corn and Baby Corn for Fresh Consumption and Processing”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 24 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:208-17. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/242124.

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (1990): April-June

Section

Research Article

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