Growth, quality and economics of plant and ratoon sugarcane (Saccharurn spp. hybrid complex) as influenced by doses and sources of sulphur
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v52i2.4918Keywords:
Cane yield, Economics, Juice quality, Sugarcane, Sulphur doseAbstract
A field-experiment was conducted during 2001-02 and 2002-03 at Lucknow with 3 S doses (40, 60 and 80 kg Slha) and 3 sources (elemental S, gypsum and single superphosphate) for improving yield and quality of sugar- cane. Significant improvement in cane diameter (2.51 cm) and individual cane weight (1,100 g) was observed at 60 kg Slha. This registered an increase of 9.87% in cane yield and 8.77% in commercial cane sugar over 40 kg S/ ha. Pol % in juice increased significantly when S dose increased from 40 to 60 kglha. Application of elemental sul- phur resulted in significantly higher cane yield (83.5 Vha) as well as commercial cane sugar (CCS 9.96 Vha) over other sources. In plant-ratoon system, by taking 1 plant and 1 ratoon crop in account, maximum net return ( R s 111,032/ha) and benefit : cost ratio (3.18) were obtained at 80 kg Slha.References
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