Background: Sweet corn is a selectively crossbred variant of maize designed with the intention of enhancing its sugar content. It highly remunerative and is gaining momentum among the progressive farmers due to its extra sweetness, early maturity, nutritious green fodder at harvest which earns high market value. 
 
Methods: Field experiments were undertaken during kharif season of 2021 and 2022 at Experimental Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SAS, Nagaland University to access tillage and seaweed extract effects on soil physio-chemical properties, microbial population and yield of sweet corn. 
 
Result: The results from study revealed that yield parameters such as green cob yield, green fodder yield showed significant increase under conventional tillage and application of 10% S-SWE. Highest microbial population was exhibited under zero tilled plots, Sargassum seaweed extract (15% S-SWE) application noted significantly higher bacterial, actinomycetes and total microbial population.

Tillage and Seaweed Extract Effects on Soil Physio-chemical Properties, Microbial Population and Yield of Sweet Corn (Zea mays saccharata L.) in Hills of Nagaland

Background: The aim of the work is to evaluate the influence of different doses of seaweed extract and zinc sulphate on the growth and development of the khirni plants. 
 
Methods: A field experiment was conducted during the year 2021-22 at the Instructional Farm, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar. The experiment consisted of 16 treatments laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. 
 
Result: Among different doses of seaweed and zinc, combined application of Seaweed 6 ml/l + zinc sulphate 600 mg/l showed significantly superior over all other treatments. From the experiment, it may be summarized that T15 - SWE (6 ml/L) + ZS (600 mg/L) was better in improving growth parameters vis-vis stress parameters in khirni.

Effect of Seaweed and Zinc on Growth, Leaf Proline, Chlorophyll Content and Soil Attributes of Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) cv. Thar Rituraj