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The authors recommend IW/CPE 1.0 and 86.0 kg ha-1 nitrogen to meet sugarcane needs without yield or environmental harm and with lower production costs.
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e0“pan evaporation data and N management can effectively meet both irrigation (IW/CPE = 1.0) and N requirements (86.0 kg ha-1) of sugarcane without any adverse effect on yields and environment and reduces production costs as well”
Title
Sugarcane responses to irrigation and nitrogen in subtropical Iran
M. J. Bahrani; Mahmoud Shomeili; Sh. Zande-Parsa; et al. Iran agricultural research 2010. doi:10.22099/iar.2010.150
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- Intervention effect Increasing water application increased plant cane crop yield.
- Intervention effect Increasing nitrogen application increased plant cane crop yield.
- Intervention effect Increasing water application increased sugar yield.
- Intervention effect Increasing nitrogen application increased sugar yield.
- Intervention effect Sugar yield was highest under IW/CPE 1.2, without significant difference from 1.0.
- Intervention effect Sugar yield was highest at 172 kg N ha-1, without significant difference from 86 kg N ha-1.
- Intervention effect Higher irrigation caused a small nonsignificant reduction in juice sucrose percentage.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen caused a small nonsignificant reduction in juice sucrose percentage.
- Intervention effect Higher irrigation caused a small nonsignificant reduction in juice purity percentage.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen caused a small nonsignificant reduction in juice purity percentage.
- Intervention effect Higher nitrogen significantly increased nitrogen use efficiency for cane yield.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen use efficiency for sugar yield peaked at 86 kg N ha-1.
- Intervention effect Water use efficiency increased with higher water application.