Enhancing Sugarcane Yield And Sustainability Through Integrated Nutrient Management
Are you worried about the depleting fertility of your soil? Have you noticed a decline in your crop’s productivity?
If so, it’s time to take action and restore the health of your soil to secure the long-term success of your sugarcane farm. Sugarcane is known for being an exhaustive crop, depleting vital soil nutrients. The continuous cultivation of sugarcane, coupled with imbalanced and exclusive use of inorganic fertilizers, has led to this situation. This poses a significant threat to the long-term productivity of your soil, ultimately impacting your farm’s profitability.
Don’t worry! The solution you’ve been seeking is here: Integrated Nutrient Management (INM). Discover the power of INM for higher yields and superior crop quality.
Apply 4 – 6 tons of Farmyard manure (FYM) / compost or 2 tons of composted press mud for 1 acre field at the time of ploughing.
Apply 4 kg of Azospirillum or Phosphobacteria mixed with required quantity of compost or FYM for 1 acre field in two equal splits at 30 and 60 days after planting.
Apply a layer of cane trash uniformly across the ridges, ensuring a thickness of 10 cm, within one week of planting. It can be applied at the rate of 2 – 4 tons per acre. As the trash decomposes, it releases nutrients that enhance soil fertility. This also helps in the conservation of soil moisture, weed control and reduce shoot borer incidence.
For Northern zones: The general dose of NPK fertilizers is 60:32:24 kg/acre.
Fertilizer | Basal | 30 DAP | 60 DAP | 90 DAP | 120 DAP |
Urea* | – | 32.5 kg | 32.5 kg | 32.5 kg | 32.5 kg |
SSP | 200 kg | – | – | – | – |
MOP | – | 10 kg | 10 kg | 10 kg | 10 kg |
*DAP – Days after Planting; SSP – Single super phosphate; MOP – Muriate of Potash
For Southern zones: The general dose of NPK recommendation is 120:40:49 kg/acre.
Fertilizer | Basal | 30 DAP | 60 DAP | 90 DAP | 120 DAP |
Urea* | – | 65 kg | 65 kg | 65 kg | 65 kg |
SSP | 250 kg | – | – | – | – |
MOP | – | 20.5 kg | 20.5 kg | 20.5 kg | 20.5 kg |
*DAP – Days after Planting; SSP – Single super phosphate; MOP – Muriate of Potash
Micronutrient Fertilizer | Dosage (per acre) |
Zinc Sulphate | 8 – 12 kg |
Ferrous Sulphate | 10 kg |
Manganese Sulphate | 4 kg |
Copper Sulphate | 1 kg |
Borax | 2 kg |
When you observe deficiency symptoms of micronutrients in plants, give foliar application of the required fertilizers at 15 days interval till the deficiency symptoms disappear.
(Or) Spray Dow Micronutrient mix at 1 – 2 gm per liter of water to correct Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, B and Mo deficiency.
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