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This fact sheet provides an overview on sweet corn production in Australia - types, production areas, procssing industry, fresh market industry, cultivars, history of supersweets, growing sweet corn, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Pests and diseases, maturity testing, and harvesting methods.
Year Published
2007
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NSWDPI
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Successful sweet corn production relies on management planning well in advance of sowing, thorough research to identify market requirements, impediments to production, and especially product specification, and good cultural management tailored to suit particular cultivars, with special attention given to harvesting technologies establishment, plant population, fertiliser, irrigation, soil management, and pest and disease control. This fact sheet provides an overview on sweet corn production in Australia – types, production areas, procssing industry, fresh market industry, cultivars, history of supersweets, growing sweet corn, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Pests and diseases, maturity testing, and harvesting methods.
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