INTRODUCTION:-
Ø Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is the main source of sugar in India and occupies a prominent position as a cash crop.
Ø India is the world’s largest consumer and second largest producer of sugar, with only Brazil at the top.
Ø About 2.8 lakh farmers are cultivating sugarcane in a vast area of 4.4 lakh acres and more than 11 crore people in the country are directly or indirectly dependent on sugar industry.
Ø Sugarcane is one of the important commercial crops of India, which is 3.9. is grown in the area.
Ø A mature stalk is typically composed of 11–16% fiber, 12–16% soluble sugars, 2–3% non sugar carbohydrates, and 63–73% water.
Ø Some useful benefits of sugarcane: – Increase immunity, help in improving digestion, help in reducing fever, good in pregnancy, useful in diabetes.
1] Sowing time –
Start- January-February
Adsali – July-August
Pre-seasonal- October-November
2] Seed rate – Single budded – 1,00,000-1,25,000 sets/ha
Two Bedded – 50,000-60,000 sets/ha
Three Budded – 35,000-40,000 sets/ha
3] Spacing – Ridge and Furrow are prepared for planting generally at a distance of 100-120 cm.
4] Irrigation – as per requirement
5] Application of fertilizers (per acre)
FERTILIZERS | PER ACRE | |
BASAL | 40 DAS | |
FYM | 15 t/acre | – |
MYCORHIZA POWDER | 100 gm/acre | 100 gm |
UREA [46-0-0] | 150Kg | 100 Kg |
DAP | 100 Kg | 50 Kg |
SSP | 100 Kg | 50 Kg |
MOP | 100 Kg | 50 Kg |
MgSO4 |
| 10 Kg |
Solutions
| Days | Stage | Solution | Potential Disease | Potential Pest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 – 30 | Germination And Planting | Seed treatment with Thiram or Captan or Bavistin Chloropyriphos + Katra Nano NPK 19-19-19 @ 200 g/acre + Humus 100 @ 2 g/Lit + Saaf powder (Carbendazim 12% Mancozeb 63% WP) @ 2 g/Ltr of water + Super Confidor @ 1 ml per liter + Trizophos 44 EC @ 300 per acre | Fusarium Wilt, Root Rot | Whitefly, Aphid, Green Mosquito, Termites, White Grub |
| 30 – 120 | Tillering Stage | Katra Nano Mono Ammonium Phosphate (12-61-0) @200 gm per acre + Micronutrient containing microgold 2 g/Litre water + Syngenta ampliago @80 ml per acre + Adama Custodia (Azoxystrobin 18.2% Diphenoconazole 11.4% SC) | Grassy Shoot, Rust, Yellow Leaf, Termite Charcoal Rot, Yellow Mosaic Downy Mildew | Top Shoot Borer, Green Mosquito, White Grub, Pyrilla, Termites Woolly Aphid |
| 120 – 270 | Vegetative Growth Stage | Katra Nano NPK Potassium Phosphate 00-52-34@200 gm per acre + Micro Gold (Mixed Chelated Micronutrient) @ 2 gm/Lit water + Atal (Micronutrient 10% Boron) @ 100 ml/acre + Profex Super (Profenophos 40) % Cyper 5%) @ 2 ml /liter of water + Bayer Foliar (Tebuconazole 25.5%) @ 1-1.5 ml /liter of water | Grassy Shoot, Red Rot, Rust, Smut, Leaf Blight, Yellow Leaf | Top Shoot Borer, Early Shoot Borer, Pyrilla, Woolly Aphid, White Grub, Termites |
| 270- 365 | Maturity Stage | Katra Nano NPK Potassium Phosphate 00-00-50@200 gm/acre + ZINCOTAC (39.5% Zinc Oxide) @ 300 ml + Bayer Solomon (Imida 19.8% Beta Cyhalothrin 8.49%) @ 1 ml/Lit of water + BONUS (Tebuconazole 38.39%) @ 1- 1.5 ml / liter water | Red Rot, Rust, Smut Anthracnose, Yellow Leaf, Blight Powdery Mildew | Top Shoot Borer, Early Shoot Borer, Pyrilla, White Grub, Termite Woolly Aphid, Bollworm |