Table 7 Growth, yield attributes, sugarcane and sugar yields as influenced by different treatments.

From: Soil quality parameters vis-a-vis growth and yield attributes of sugarcane as influenced by integration of microbial consortium with NPK fertilizers

Treatment

Cane length (cm)

Diameter

Cane weight

NMC(000/ha)

Pol (%) Juice

Cane yield t/ha

CCS(t/ha)

AE( kg cane produced per kg N applied)

AE( kg cane produced per kg P applied)

AE( kg cane produced per kg K applied)

T1: N0P0Ko

156.4

2.42

820.6

74.3

18.34

59.5

5.71

0

0

0

T2:N75P13K25

251.67

2.49

1010.00

82.71

18.38

76.04

9.89

220.5

1272.3

661.6

T3:N150P26K50

271.00

2.59

1260.00

87.40

18.31

91.4

11.50

212.7

1226.9

638.0

T4:N75P13K25 + MC

274.3

2.67

1320

89.3

18.34

95.3

12.67

477.3

2753.8

1432.0

T5:N150P26K50 + MC

283.00

2.81

1540.00

91.44

19.61

110.11

15.27

337.4

1946.5

1012.2

CD for years

29.94

0.32

144.07

10.30

2.26

10.483

1.335

   

CD for treatments

14.29

0.16

92.5

3.45

0.73

6.20

1.21

   

CD for years × treatments

NS

NS

NS

0.82

0.10

NS

NS