Transplanting Space Effect on In-vitro Raised Sugarcane

Abstract

Tissue cuture is considered to be a best technique for rapid multiplication and production of disease free, healthy seed cane. With a view to studying the effect of transplanting spacing on growth and yield of micropropagated crop of sugarcane, an experiment was carried out at Tissue Culture Laboratory, Shobhit University, Meerut. Tissue culture raised plantlets of sugarcane variety. In vitro cultured sugarcane were transplanted at various spacing of 90 x 45, 90 x 60, 90 x 90 and 120 x 60 cm. Among the four spacings, the highest plant growth, number of tillers, number of malleable canes, cane height and cane yield were recorded at 90 x 60 cm. Thus, a spacing of 90 x 60 cm was found most suitable for transplantation of tissue culture raised plantlets of sugarcane