VARIETAL SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT UNDER RAINFED CONDITION IN HIGH BARIND TRACT OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

A comparative study was under taken with six newly released sugarcane varieties viz. Isd 30, Isd 32, Isd 33, Isd 34, Isd 35 and Isd 36 were conducted at farmer’s field in High Barind Tract under rainfed condition during 2004-05 and 2005-06 cropping season. The results revealed that Isd 32 produced significantly higher cane yield (72.39 and 64.70 t ha-1) followed by Isd 35 (64.00 and 46.80 t ha-1) and Isd 33 (57.40 and 49.80 t ha-1) during the year 2005-06 and 2004-05 respectively. Thus, there is an ample scope to increase productivity of sugarcane by using varieties Isd 32, Isd 33 and Isd 35 in High Barind Tract of Bangladesh under rainfed condition.