Expert Advisory Details

Expert's suggestion for sugarcane crop

Complete sowing of sugarcane by the end of this month using recommended varieties i.e.CoPb92, Co-118, CoJ-85, CoJ-64 (early maturing), Co 238, CoPb 91, CoPb93,CoPb94 & CoJ 88 for mid - late maturing varieties. The seed selected for planting should be free from red rot, wilt, smut, ratoonstunting and grassy shoot disease. To check the attack of early shoot borer, apply 10kg granules of Regent/Mortel/Rippen 0.3G (fipronil) per acre before planking. Application of Klass/ Karmex 80 WP (diuron) @ 800 g/acre as pre-emergence application provide effective control of annual grass and broadleaf weeds. Prefer diuron where bans patta is the prevalent weed. Apply 8 tonnes of farm yard manure/pressmud per acre fifteen days before planting and mix it into the soil and reduce the dose of nitrogen from 60 kg to 40 kg/ acre. However, on coarse textured soil if farm yard manure is applied in addition to recommended dose of fertilizers, approximately 10% higher yields can be obtained. In the absence of farm yard manure apply 65 kg urea per acre at planting. Apply azotobactor/consortium biofertilizer @ 4 kg/acre in furrows at the time of sowing for obtaining higher yield. If soil is low in phosphorus, apply 75 kg single super phosphate (12 kg phosphorus) per acre at planting. To the autumn sugarcane apply 65 kg urea in end of March. For getting higher returns, one row of summer moong/summer mash or mentha can be intercropped without any adverse effect on the cane crop.