TITLE:
Studies on Productivity and Performance of Spring Sugarcane Sown in Different Planting Configurations
AUTHORS:
Samiullah, Ehsanullah, Shakeel Ahmad Anjum, Mohsin Raza, Naveed Hussain, Mubashar Nadeem, Nawazish Ali
KEYWORDS:
Row Spacing, Trench Planting, Furrow Planting, Sugarcane, Yield
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.6 No.19,
December
3,
2015
ABSTRACT: Row spacing has a pivotal role in enhancing sugarcane yield and improving its quality. A study was
undertaken to evaluate the influence of different planting techniques on performance of sugarcane
at Agronomic Research Area, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
during Kharif 2014. Experimental treatments comprised of: 180 cm spaced trenches with tripple
row strips, 180 cm spaced trenches with alternate row strips, 120 cm spaced trenches with double
row strips and 60 cm spaced furrows with single rows. Sugarcane cultivar HSF-240 was used as
experimental material. The experimental was conducted in RCBD with four replications. The expeimental
results revealed that sugarcane number of tillers, plant height, cane length, stripped
cane weight and stripped cane yield increased progressively with the increase in row spacing from
60 to 180 cm. While germination percentage and number of millable canes were not affected by
different sowing techniques, maximum number of tillers (15.96 m-2), plant height (333.25 cm),
stripped cane weight (0.94 kg) and stripped cane yield (107 t·ha-1) were recorded from 180 cm
spaced trenches with tripple row strips.