Benefit Cost Ratio of Buds Chips Planting and its Effects on Yield and Quality of Sugarcane

Abdul Khaliq, Arshad Mahmood, Hafiz Bashir Ahmad, Muhammad Ashfaq Nadeem, Naeem Ahmad, Rashad ul Sher, Muhammad Rizwan Khursheed

Abstract


Background: High price and poor quality of seed material is a great concern to Farmers. Sugarcane seed is 20% of total cost of production. Cane Growers used setts having 2-3 buds with 8-10 t ha-1 cane stalk as Seed. The large quantity of seed carriages a great problematic in handling, transport, seed treatment for diseases, storage ,  viability of buds and their germination. The use of bud chips is less bulky, easily handling in seed treatment, storage and transportation.

Methods: In this view, a research experiment was designed at Sugarcane Research Institute, Faisalabad during 2016 and 2017, to study the feasibility of bud chips as an alternate to conventional planting in sugarcane crop. The experiment was planted with sugarcane variety CPF-252 in randomized complete block design with split plot arrangement having three replications.

Results: The results of study revealed that setts planting on 15 April gave maximum cane (61 t ha-1) and sugar yield (7.15 t ha-1). While bud chips sown on 15 April produced higher yield. The benefit cost ratio (BCR) was high in bud chips planting (1.63) than setts planting of sugarcane.

Conclusion: The study concludes that bud chip planting on 15 April is an improved technique with greater potential to provide disease free seed, improve the yield with minimum quantity of seed than conventional planting.

Keywords: Bud chips; Seedling; Setts; Benefit cost ratio


Full Text:

PDF

References


Galal MOA. A new technique for planting sugarcane in Egypt. Institute. Integration. Omics Applied Biotechnology Journal, (2016); 7: 15-21.

Singh R, Singh W, Choudary S. Nursery raising with high density sugarcane transplanting for higher cane yield and profitability. Indian Farm, (2014); 64: 31-34.

Asokan, S, Murthi AN,Mahadevaswamy M. Effect of nitrogen level and row spacing on yield, CCS and nitrogen uptake in different sugarcane varieties. Sugar Technologist, (2005); 7(213): 44-47.

Jain R, Chandra A, Srivastava AK, Solomon S. Bud chip technology for rapid seed multiplication and improving cane yield. Indian Farming, (2014); 63(10): 2-3.

Ashraf MY, Hussain F, Akhter J, Gul A, Ross M, Ebert G. Effect of Different Sources and Rates of Nitrogen and Supra Optimal Level of Potassium Fertilization on Growth, Yield, and Nutrient Uptake by Sugarcane Growth Under Saline Conditions. Pakistan Journal of Botany, (2014); 40(4): 1521-1531.

Singh R, Singh W, Choudhary A. Nursery raising with high density sugarcane transplanting. Indian Farming, (2014); 64(1): 31-34.

Samant TK. Bud chip method: A potential technology for sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) cultivation. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, (2017); 5(3): 355-357.

Anonymous. Laboratory Manual for Queens Land Sugar Mills. Watson, Ferguson and Co (5th Ed.), (1970); 94-150.

Steel RGD, Torrie JH, Dickey DA. Principles and procedures of statistics. A biometrical approach. 3rd Ed. McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc. New York, USA, (1997); 400-428.

Jain RS, Solomon AK, Shrivastava A, Chandra. Sugarcane bud chips a promising seed material. Sugar Tech, (2010); 12(1): 67-69.

Chattha AA, Afzal M, Chattha MU. Sustainable cultivation of sugarcane for revival of sugar industry in Pakistan. Proceedings, 39th annual convention, Pakistan Society of Sugar Technologists, (2004); p: 36-49.

Ghaffar A, Ehsanullah N, Akber SH, Khan K, Jabran RQ, Hashmi A, Iqbal MA. Effect of trench spacing and micronutrients on growth and yield of sugarcane. Australian Journal of Crop Science, (2012); 6(1): 1-9.

Omoto G, Abayo GO. Effect of delayed planting of seed cane on sugarcane germination, growth rate and yield. Kenya Sugar Research Foundation. (2005) Technical Bulletin No. 2 (May, 2005).


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.