Timing of nitrogen fertilizer application to plant cane in Mauritius

Code (CO)	MSI99P0225
Author (AU)	Ng Kee Kwong, K. F. Deville, J.
Title - English (ET)	Timing of nitrogen fertilizer application to plant cane in Mauritius
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1986
Series (SE)	Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice
Source (SO)	65: 164-169
Notes (NO)	Published 1988
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En Fr
Abstract (AB)	Field trials were repeated over three consecutive years to assess the benefits of delaying N fertilization of plant cane until 2 months after planting. The data obtained showed that sugar and cane yields as well as N recovered by plant cane when 120 kg N/ha were applied in the furrows at planting were comparable to those found when the N was surface-banded along the rows 2 months later. This observation implies that fertilizer management of plant cane may be simplified by applying complete fertilizers in the furrows at planting to supply all the NPK needs of plant cane.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE FERTILIZERS NITROGEN PLANT NUTRITION
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Soils and plant nutrition
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Fertilization: Nitrogen
Date record entered (DA)	1992-02-15
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	CHEM