Table 6 Nutrients (NPK) uptake and partitioning in leaf and stalk at various growth stages of sugarcane.

N uptake kg ha⁻¹

T₁: N₀P₀K_o

25.11

20.49

45.6

38.2

77.6

115.8

39

85

124

T₂:N₇₅P₁₃K₂₅

32.82

36.75

69.57

46.23

112.5

158.73

47.5

116.7

164.2

T₃:N₁₅₀P₂₆K₅₀

43.88

47.13

91.01

63.25

124.34

187.59

64.2

128

192.2

T₄:N₇₅P₁₃K₂₅ + MC

43.29

46.27

89.56

64.12

134.2

198.32

65.12

134.5

199.62

T₅:N₁₅₀P₂₆K₅₀ + MC

47.12

52.26

99.38

65.34

142.3

207.64

66

148

214

CD for years

4.638

4.894

9.558

6.720

14.311

21.014

6.821

14.834

21.65

CD for treatments

2.65

3.20

5.43

3.25

7.45

12.43

3.45

7.43

12.32

CD for years × treatments

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

P uptake kg ha⁻¹

T₁: N₀P₀K_o

3.10

3.48

6.58

6.92

15.38

22.3

7.9

16.2

24.1

T₂:N₇₅P₁₃K₂₅

3.34

3.81

7.15

7.91

19.86

27.77

10.63

20.17

30.8

T₃:N₁₅₀P₂₆K₅₀

5.73

6.03

11.76

9.32

25.36

34.68

11.85

24.35

36.2

T₄:N₇₅P₁₃K₂₅ + MC

5.89

6.23

12.12

9.76

27.45

37.21

11.45

26.76

38.21

T₅:N₁₅₀P₂₆K₅₀ + MC

6.96

7.03

13.99

10.77

30.77

41.54

11.24

31.26

42.5

CD for years

0.60

0.65

1.23

1.07

2.89

3.96

1.30

2.86

4.15

CD for treatments

0.65

0.58

0.63

0.72

2.30

3.20

0.62

1.80

3.30

CD for years × treatments

0.21

0.21

0.40

0.19

0.73

NS

0.20

0.69

0.87

K uptake kg ha⁻¹

T₁: N₀P₀K_o

24.96

48.32

73.28

52.47

116.96

169.43

61.35

119.2

180.55

T₂:N₇₅P₁₃K₂₅

43.75

77.59

121.34

66.64

135.68

202.32

77.63

138.2

215.83

T₃:N₁₅₀P₂₆K₅₀

55.31

92.67

147.98

82.11

169.48

251.59

89.8

172.3

262.1

T₄:N₇₅P₁₃K₂₅ + MC

54.45

97.25

151.7

84.66

183.2

267.86

92.4

181.5

273.9

T₅:N₁₅₀P₂₆K₅₀ + MC

58.5

112.26

170.76

90.73

191.81

282.54

98.5

193.6

292.1

CD for years

5.73

10.37

16.10

9.12

15.38

28.41

10.16

19.50

29.64

CD for treatments

2.85

6.20

8.20

4.36

12.73

18.32

5.20

8.48

15.62

CD for years × treatments

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS