@Article{phyton.2022.017359,
AUTHOR = {Md. Shamsul Arefin, Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Md. Abdul Alim, Sabry Hassan, Mahmoud F. K. Soliman, Mohamed M. Hassan, Rajan Bhatt, Akbar Hossain},
TITLE = {Integrated Nutrient Management Improves Productivity and Quality of Sugarcane (<i>Saccharum Officinarum</i> L.)},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {91},
YEAR = {2022},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {439--469},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v91n2/44602},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Sugarcane is one of the major important sugar yielding crops in Bangladesh. As an exhaustive crop, sugarcane removes a huge amount of plant nutrients from the soil. However, the combined use of organic and inorganic fertilizers can be a good approach to deal with nutrient depletion and promote sustainable crop production as well as improve soil health. Therefore, an attempt was made to identify the most fruitful and profitable integrated nutrient management on the aspects of growth, yield and quality of sugarcane in two consecutive growing seasons. Seven treatments: T<sub>1 </sub>=<sub> </sub>Control, T<sub>2 </sub>=<sub> </sub>165:55:120:30:10:2.5:4 kg N:P:K:S:Mg:Zn:B ha<sup>−1</sup>, T<sub>3 </sub>=<sub> </sub>Poultry Litter (PL) at 5 t ha<sup>−1 </sup>+<sup> </sup>95:51:87:9:10:2.5:4 kg N:P:K:S:Mg:Zn:B ha<sup>−1</sup>, T<sub>4 </sub>=<sub> </sub>Cow Dung (CD) at 15 t ha<sup>−1 </sup>+<sup> </sup> 36:52:60:17:10:2.5:4 kg N:P:K:S:Mg:Zn:B ha<sup>−1</sup>, T<sub>5 </sub>=<sub> </sub>Press Mud (PM) at 15 t ha<sup>−1 </sup>+<sup> </sup>10:50:43:0:10:2.5:4 kg N:P:K:S:Mg:Zn:B ha<sup>−1</sup>, T<sub>6 </sub>=<sub> </sub>Mustard Oil Cake (MOC) at 0.5 t ha<sup>−1 </sup>+<sup> </sup>140:54:115:25:10:2.5:4 kg N:P:K:S:Mg:Zn:B ha<sup>−1</sup> and T<sub>7 </sub>=<sub> </sub>GM (Green Manure) at 5 t ha<sup>−1 </sup>+<sup> </sup>140:53:100:28:10:2.5:4 kg N:P:K:S:Mg:Zn:B ha<sup>−1</sup> were used in this experiment. Two years data showed that treatment T<sub>3</sub> produced the maximum amount of tillers, total dry matter yield, millable sugarcane, cane yield and sugar yield, followed by the T<sub>4</sub> treatment. The highest stalk heights were recorded in the T<sub>3</sub> treatment, which was statistically similar to all other treatments except T<sub>1</sub> and T<sub>2</sub>. The juice quality parameters <i>viz</i>., brix and pol in cane were found significant in treatment T<sub>3</sub> while the highest purity was obtained in the T<sub>7</sub> treatment. All the data of <i>Jaggery (goor)</i> quality parameters, the highest sucrose content, color transmittance, <i>Jaggery (goor)</i> recovery and the lowest ash content of <i>Jaggery (goor)</i> were observed in the T<sub>3</sub> treatment, which was statistically similar to the T<sub>4</sub> treatment in both seasons. The highest cost of production was obtained from the T<sub>6</sub> treatment while the highest gross return, net return and BCR were recorded in the T<sub>3</sub> treatment. No significant changes were found in one cycle of sugarcane in initial and post-harvest soil characteristics <i>viz.,</i> pH, organic carbon, total N, and available P, K and S contents due to integrated use of different fertilizer packages. From the experimental findings, it was concluded that treatment T<sub>3</sub> followed by T<sub>4</sub> treatment would be the better productive and profitable integrated nutrient management technology for ensuring higher yields and quality of sugarcane without soil fertility degradation in the High Ganges River Floodplain soils.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2022.017359}
}