AgroScience Today, Volume 2, Issue 6 : 0158-0159

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OPEN ACCESS | Published on : 30-Jun-2021

Trash Mulching Importance in Moisture Conservation in Sugarcane under Drought Situation

• Sarala N.V
• Senior Scientist (Agronomy), Agricultural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Hemanth Kumar M
• Principal Scientist and Head, Agricuntural Research Station, Perumallapalle, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Moisture stress is one of the most important and wide spread limiting factors for successful sugarcane cultivation. However, under severe stress, yield loss could be as high as 60-70 per cent. Trash mulching is one of the techniques to conserve the moisture. De-trashed and harvested sugarcane trash utilized as trash mulching. Experiment results revealed that mulching @ 3 t/ha and irrigation given in alternate furrows recorded higher cane yield in sugarcane under drought situations.

Keywords

Sugarcane, trash mulching, moisture conservation, weed control

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