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IMTIAZ AHMED KHAN, ABDULLAH KHATRI, GHULAM SHAH NIZAMANI, MUHAMMAD AQUIL SIDDIQUI, SABOOHI RAZA AND NAZIR A. DAHAR

IMTIAZ AHMED KHAN, ABDULLAH KHATRI, GHULAM SHAH NIZAMANI, MUHAMMAD AQUIL SIDDIQUI, SABOOHI RAZA AND NAZIR A. DAHAR

Abstract: A new sugarcane clone AEC86-347, was obtained from seed (fuzz), of a cross combination of NCo 310 x CP57-614, imported from ARS, USDA, Canal Point, Florida, USA. The genotype was evaluated for the response to NPK fertilizers for two consecutive years. Significant (P 0.05) differences were observed among the fertilizer treatments. Treatment 3 (200 N kg/ha:120 P₂O₅ kg/ha:150 K₂O kg/ha) showed the best results as compared to the other fertilizer treatments. Six characters i.e., cane yield, plant height, weight/stool, stalks/stool, commercial cane sugar and sugar yield were examined under different fertilizer doses. As per cost: benefit ratio, it was observed that treatment 3 was the suitable fertilizer treatment for clone AEC86-347 to obtain higher cane and sugar yield.
 

Agriculture Biotechnology Division, Nuclear Institute of Agriculture,Tando Jam Sindh.
Corresponding Author: niatjam@hyd.paknet.com.pk