Madras Agricultural Journal
Loading.. Please wait
Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

A review of results of manurial trials on Sugarcan in Madras State

Volume : 51
Issue: Mar-mar
Pages: 127 - 138
Published: October 31, 2023
Download

Abstract


Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) cultivated in an area of 1,43,000 acres in Madras State is mainly found in the districts of North Arcot, South Arcot, Tanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Coimbatore and Mathurai. The crop is raised under irrigation, both under wet and garden land conditions. Manurial experiments on sugarcane have been conducted during the past fifty years in Madras State, primarily in the research stations at Palur in South Arcot, at Gudiatham in North Arcot and at Central Farm in Coimbatore. However, during the past ten years, experiments were also conducted at Cuddalore, Nellikuppam, Kulithalai, Pandiyarajapuram, Vadapathimangalam and Rajathani- kottai. The tract represented by Palur is typical of a strip of sandy loamy soil whereas Gudiatham represents a little heavier soil. The Central farm, Coimbatore represents the central districts and has two different soils viz., black and red soils.

DOI
Pages
127 - 138
Creative Commons
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


footer

Copyright © Madras Agricultural Journal | Masu Journal All rights reserved.