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Effects of Flowering on Yield and Quality of Sugarcane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

P. Seshagiri Rao
P. Seshagiri Rao
Affiliation:
West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding Station, Groves, St George, Barbados, West Indies
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Summary

By comparing flowered and non-flowered plants of the same age (where flowering was inhibited by photoperiod control), cane yield gains due to prevention of flowering were estimated to be 56·6% in a plant crop and 33·8% in a ratoon crop. Sugar gain due to prevention of flowering was 69·1% in the plant and 35·4% in the ratoon crop. A simple negative linear relation was found between cane (and sugar) yield per plant and the proportion of canes that flowered. There was no significant difference in fibre content of flowered and non-flowered canes. The influence of loss of growth, side-shoot production and pithiness on the yield of flowered canes are discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 381 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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