A study on the performance on productivity of sugarcane crop with different combination of tillage operations

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to test the intensification and productivity of sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum L.) for two consecutive years (2014-15 to 2015-16) at Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Different sugarcane planter and conservative tillage practices were taken as different variables for experiments. Two irrigation treatment I 1 (Pre planting irrigation) and I 2 (Post planting irrigation); two tillage treatment T 1 (Conventional tillage) and T 2 (Rotavator) followed by five planting treatment P 0 (Conventional practice), P 1 (Disc type sugarcane planter), P 2 (Slit type sugarcane planter), P 3 (Ridger type sugarcane planter) P 4 (Furrower type sugarcane planter) were performed and tested under RBD (Factorial 2 x 5 x 2) with three replications. Pre irrigation treatments showed better results as compared to post irrigation with most promising with conventional method of tillage. Although treatment T 7 (I 1 P 3 T 1 ) yields with the highest values of bud germinations (50.37 and 51.71%) at 60 DAP, cane girth (9.31 and 9.67 cm), single cane weight (1.72 and 1.96 kg), cane yield (1074.67 and 1235.53 q/h -1 ). It was concluded that the mechanized planting system requires less labour and is more frugal than the conventional one.