New Drought Tolerant Sugarcane Varieties (Saccharum officinarum) to be Developed on Ferké Sugar Plantations in Northern Ivory Coast

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doi:10.31031/mcda.2019.03.000568

Abstract

The study was motivated by lower cane yields observed often on non-irrigated industrial plantations as well as village plantations in Ivory Coast. Its objective was to determine high performing drought tolerant cane varieties. Each of the tree field trials carried out on Ferké 1 as well as Ferké 2 commercial plantations in northern Ivory Coast was set up following a randomized complete block design involving 10 varieties in 6 replications. All experiments were conducted over three consecutive harvest cycles, i.e.

Highlights

Sugar production in Ivory Coast is made from irrigated industrial plantations which cover nearly 25000ha involving four sugar mill plantations located in central and northern parts of the country
About 1500ha of village plantations under rainfed conditions were set up in early 1980 when the Zuénoula sugar mill was created in central western Ivory Coast where the evapotranspiration seemed to be moderate compared with that of northern sugar mill plantations of Ferké 1&2, and Borotou-Koro
This study showed that varieties M1176/77, M2593/92, M1246/84, M1565/87 and N21 were higher yielding than check varieties SP70-1143 and R579 used

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Introduction

Sugar production in Ivory Coast is made from irrigated industrial plantations which cover nearly 25000ha involving four sugar mill plantations located in central and northern parts of the country. About 1500ha of village plantations under rainfed conditions were set up in early 1980 when the Zuénoula sugar mill was created in central western Ivory Coast where the evapotranspiration seemed to be moderate compared with that of northern sugar mill plantations of Ferké 1&2, and Borotou-Koro. The purpose of village plantation development program in sugarcane which has been started since 1988 in Borotou-Koro sugar mill areas under favorable climate and soil conditions, was to contribute in the reduction sugar production costs in Ivory Coast. As far as Ferké 1 and 2 sugar mill plantations were concerned, that project allowed to increase village plantations by 25%, i.e. from 2000ha in 2015 to 2500ha in

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