Claim · model-written summary
Paraquat spray almost completely suppressed flowering in Co. 419.
- Taxon
- sugarcanee1
- Material
- Co. 419e0
- Treatment
- paraquat @ 0·35 kg a.i./hae0
- Outcome
- floweringe0
- Direction
- suppressede0
Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“In Co. 419, the spray of paraquat @ 0·35 kg a.i./ha and diquat @ 0·45 kg a.i./ha (diluted in 3000 1 of water) in two equal doses at 3–4 day intervals during the 1st and 2nd week of August suppressed the flowering almost completely”
t0“cane yield”
e1“sugarcane varieties Co. 853 (early-season flowering) and Co. 419 (mid-late season flowering)”
Title
Sudama Singh; M. Sanjiva Reddy The Journal of Agricultural Science 1976. doi:10.1017/s0021859600027684
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Diquat spray almost completely suppressed flowering in Co. 419.
- Intervention effect Chemical spray did not successfully prevent flowering in Co. 853.
- Intervention effect Repeated spindle-leaf cutting checked flowering in Co. 853.
- Intervention effect Spindle-leaf cutting from 1 to 12 August totally prevented flowering in Co. 419.
- Intervention effect Sprayed nonflowered Co. 419 yielded 13·84–15·69 t/ha more cane in February than flowered controls.
- Intervention effect Sprayed nonflowered Co. 419 yielded 16·14–18·07 t/ha more cane in April than flowered controls.
- Intervention effect Sprayed nonflowered Co. 419 increased sugar yield by 1·16 t/ha in February over flowered controls.
- Intervention effect Sprayed nonflowered Co. 419 increased sugar yield by 3·56 t/ha in April over flowered controls.
- Observation Paraquat and diquat sprays produced practically no difference.
- Intervention effect Flowering suppression by defoliation increased cane and sugar yield in Co. 853 from February onward.