The effect on sugar cane yield, weed control, physical and chemical properties of the soil of minimum tillage v/s normal mechanical tillage
| MSI99P0149 | |
| Mc Intyre, G. Barbe, C. | |
| The effect on sugar cane yield, weed control, physical and chemical properties of the soil of minimum tillage v/s normal mechanical tillage | |
| Periodical article | |
| 1990 | |
| Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol. | |
| 20: 586-590 | |
| En | |
| En Fr Es | |
| After the convincing results obtained with minimum tillage on sloping lands this technique was evaluated on flat land. The effects of this practice on various parameters was studied. It was found that, except in heavy soils, minimum tillage was comparable to normal tillage in that no differences in cane and sugar yields were observed after a complete cane crop of five years or longer. Soil studies revealed that minimum tillage was superior with respect to soil structure and it resulted in a higher soil phosphate content. Root development was similar for both practices, but control of problem weeds was greatly improved by the minimum tillage practice. | |
| SUGARCANE MINIMUM TILLAGE SYSTEMS SOIL PROPERTIES CULTIVATION METHODS YIELDS WEED CONTROL | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Sugarcane: Cultural operations | |
| Minimum tillage systems | |
| 1992-02-11 | |
| En | |
| Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| 1 | |
| COWA |