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Intercropping Sugarcane with Maize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. R. Pillay  and
J. R. Mamet
A. R. Pillay
Affiliation:
Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, Réduit, Mauritius
J. R. Mamet
Affiliation:
Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, Réduit, Mauritius
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Summary

The production of maize in every second inter-row of first and second ratoon sugar cane was studied in four locations in Mauritius in 1974, in trials based on combinations of three maize densities and three fertilizer levels. Analysis of the data showed that intercropping sugar cane with maize had no adverse effects on cane and sugar yields, and suggested that planting an early-maturing maize amongst the cane at a density of 19,000 plants, with 76 kg N, 38 kg P2O5, 62 kg K2O/ha, was the most profitable method under Mauritian conditions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 1978 , pp. 161 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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