Influence of broadcast and split applications of potassium on sugarcane yields in Mauritius

Code (CO)	MSI99P1612
Author (AU)	Ng Kee Kwong, K. F. Bholah, M. A. Cavalot, P. C. Gauthier, J. Deville, J.
Title - English (ET)	Influence of broadcast and split applications of potassium on sugarcane yields in Mauritius
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1994
Series (SE)	Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice
Source (SO)	73 (3): 29-35
Notes (NO)	Published 1995
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En Fr
Abstract (AB)	To improve potassium (K) fertilizer management of sugar cane in Mauritius, field experiments were initiated to study K nutrition and yield response of the sugar cane to split K application in soils were rainfall exceeds 3000 mm/year and to K broadcasted in soils where rainfall is lower than 2000 mm/year. The results obtained showed that a shift from the present practice of surface banding of K in ratoons to split or broadcast applications is not warranted. Splitting or broadcasting the K did not increase yield or K fertilizer efficiency use by sugar cane.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE POTASSIUM FERTILIZERS PLANT NUTRITION
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Soils and plant nutrition
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Fertilization: Potassium
Date record entered (DA)	1994-12-26
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	CHEM