RESPONSE OF TWO CANE VARIETIES TOWARDS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS DUE TO SOWING OF STALE SETTS

Abstract

Two sugarcane varieties HSF-242 and CPF-236 were harvested in the last week of February ,stored in shade and were sown in RCBD with the interval of three days to evaluate the effect of stale cane setts’ sowing. Germination, tillers per plant and cane yield of variety HSF-242 decreased from 39.20 to 21.59, 2.38 to 2.04 and 62.63 to 38.34 tha-1 respectively when it was sown with twelve days stale setts whereas germination, tillers per plant and cane yield of variety CPF-236 reduced from 37.26 to 17.50, 1.77 to 1.49 and 57.59 to 39.73 respectively under similar treatments. The experiment concluded that delayed sowing of harvested cane deed adversely affected the major quantitative parameters.