Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 11, No 2 (1998)

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Response of Sugarcane Cultivars to Ripeners

S.T. Bhairappanavar, Gururaj Hunasagi, H.M. Jayadeva

Abstract


The field experiment was carriedout to study the effect of chemical ripeners on cane yield, commercial cane sugar and quality parameters. Among the chemical ripeners. PSR at 2.51/ ha recorded sugar yield (23.18 Mg/ha) and cane yield (203.83 Mg/ha). Spraying of chemicals at 10 month stage gave higher sugar and cane yield than 8 month stage.

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