Yield, quality and irrigation water-use efficiency in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) as influenced by pre-planting tillage and crop-establishment methods in tarai belt of Uttarakhand
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v59i1.4523Keywords:
Crop-establishment method, Crop production, Commercial cane sugar, Sugarcane, Tillage, YieldAbstract
A field experiment was conducted at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand to evaluate the effect of pre-planting tillage prac- tices and crop-establishment methods on summer sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum L.) during 201213. Crop grown in the absence of pre-planting tillage gave 1.4 t/ha higher cane yield. It also resulted in marginally higher commercial cane sugar (CCS) and irrigation water-use efficiency compared to conventional tillage. Trench planting resulted in the maximum cane yield (90.8 t/ha) and CCS (10.7 t/ha). Irrigation water-use efficiency was found to be the maximum (5.20 t/ha-cm) in both dual row trench and pit planting methods.References
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