BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3b

Growth, yield and juice quality of sugarcane as influenced by mulching and application of phosphorus

  • Author:
  • Vinay Kumar, M. Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Narendra Kumawat
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 956 to 958

*Soil Science and Agri. Chemistry, R. A. U., Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar

**Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi-221 005

Krishi Vignyan Kendra, B.A.U., Bhagalpur, Sabour, Bihar

Online published on 12 August, 2013.

Abstract

Trash mulching @ 10 t/ha recorded the highest values for number of tillers (89.15 thousand/ha), number of millable canes (70.47 thousand/ha), plant height (176.51 cm), cane girth (2.21 cm), average cane weight (1.29 kg), cane yield (90.96 t/ha), sucrose (17.62%) and CCS (12.15%) and sugar yield (11.06 t/ha), and proved superiority over no mulch. Significant improvement in tiller count, number of millable cane, average of cane weight, and sugar yield were recorded with application of 120 kg P2O5/ha, which was at par with 80 kg P2O5/ha. Plant height, cane girth, brix (%), pol (%), purity (%) and CCS (%) were not influenced due to the application of phosphorus.

Keywords

Brix (%), Cane yield, Mulching, Phosphorus, Quality, Sugarcane