Beneficiu net mare pentru aplicarea de Multi-K prin fertirigare, număr crescut de noduri pe trestie și distanța inter-nodală
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Crop/cultivar |
Sugar-Cane / Co-671 |
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Country / location | India / Maharashtra / Pandarpur (dist.) / Ropale (village) |
Objectives | Increase productivity |
Haifa product tested | Multi-K |
Application method | Fertigation |
Tested treatment | Fertigation on alternate days from 30th to 275th D.A.P Multi-K @ 225 kg/ha |
Control treatment results | 125 MT/ha of fresh canes Grower’s return from yield: 2,794 US$/ha |
Best treatment results | 175 MT/ha of fresh canes Grower’s return from yield: 3,911 US$/ha |
Characteristics of best treatment | Yield increase: 50 MT/ha of fresh canes Increased No. of nodes per cane and inter-nodal distance. Cost of treatment (application + material) 201 US$/ha |
Net benefit of best treatment | 916 US$/ha |
Benefit/Cost ratio | 5.56 |
Conclusions | These results indicate high net benefit of the application employed. It should be repeated in other conditions and if positive, can be adopted as a standard management. |
Reference | R. Raju D.V. NHIL-India |