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Vol.1 , No. 5, Publication Date: Dec. 27, 2014, Page: 115-121
 and number of buds per sett (two and three-buds) were investigated to determine the optimum intra-row spacings of three sugarcane varieties (Co680, N14 and Co740) and fined out the effect of bud number for planting on yield and yield components of sugarcane. The experiment was carried out in factorial combinations in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) using three replications at Tendaho Sugar Factory Project (Dubti) from September 2007 to August 2008. Analysis of variance revealed that there was a significant (P<0.01) difference among varieties in stalk height, stalk girth, cane yield, sugar yield and a significant difference (P<0.05) in weight per stalk, number of millable canes and recoverable sucrose percent. Analysis of variance revealed that the four intra-row spacings didn’t show significant difference in cane yield and percent sucrose cane while, there was significant (P<0.01) difference on plant population, stalk height, stalk girth, number of millable canes and a significant (P<0.05) difference on weight per stalk. However, the number of buds per sett didn’t show significant difference for the parameters measured. Therefore, it is concluded that the 20 cm intra-row spacing of three budded setts is found to be the best intra-row spacing for Tendaho Sugar Factory Project for the three varieties.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/923.jpg)
| [1] | Netsanet Ayele, Ethiopian Sugar Corporation, Research Directorate, Agronomy and Crop Protection Team, P.O. Box 336, Wonji, Ethiopia. |
| [2] | Samuel Tegene, Ethiopian Sugar Corporation, Research Directorate, Agronomy and Crop Protection Team, P.O. Box 336, Wonji, Ethiopia. |
The effect of four intra-row spacings (5 cm overlapping, end-to-end, 10 cm spacing between setts and 20 cm spacing between setts) and number of buds per sett (two and three-buds) were investigated to determine the optimum intra-row spacings of three sugarcane varieties (Co680, N14 and Co740) and fined out the effect of bud number for planting on yield and yield components of sugarcane. The experiment was carried out in factorial combinations in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) using three replications at Tendaho Sugar Factory Project (Dubti) from September 2007 to August 2008. Analysis of variance revealed that there was a significant (P<0.01) difference among varieties in stalk height, stalk girth, cane yield, sugar yield and a significant difference (P<0.05) in weight per stalk, number of millable canes and recoverable sucrose percent. Analysis of variance revealed that the four intra-row spacings didn’t show significant difference in cane yield and percent sucrose cane while, there was significant (P<0.01) difference on plant population, stalk height, stalk girth, number of millable canes and a significant (P<0.05) difference on weight per stalk. However, the number of buds per sett didn’t show significant difference for the parameters measured. Therefore, it is concluded that the 20 cm intra-row spacing of three budded setts is found to be the best intra-row spacing for Tendaho Sugar Factory Project for the three varieties.
Keywords
Sugarcane, Buds, Intra-Row Spacing
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