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Needs of sugar cane for silicon when growing in highly weathered latosols
Code (CO)MSI99P0625
Author (AU)Wong You Cheong, Y.
Halais, P.
Title - English (ET)Needs of sugar cane for silicon when growing in highly weathered latosols
Document Type(DT)Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)1970
Series (SE)Expl Agric.
Source (SO)6, 99-106
Language of text (LT)En
Abstract (AB)Yields of sugarcane in low-silicon soils were significantly increased by the application of both calcium silicate and coral sand. Over and above the significant response to Ca and increase in soil pH, there was a highly significant response to Si. The overall response to the higher level of calcium silicate application (14.2 tons/ha) over the control was 28.3 tons of cane per hectare. Neither calcium silicate nor coral sand influenced the sucrose content of the juice.
Descriptors - English (DE)SOILS
LATOSOLS
SUGARCANE
SOIL AMENDMENTS
SOILS
PLANT NUTRITION
SOIL MANAGEMENT
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)Sugarcane: Soils and plant nutrition
Sort Key 2 (K2)Fertilization: Silicon
Date record entered (DA)1992-03-05
Language of analysis (LA)En
Affiliation (AF)Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
Location (LO)LIB
Processing status (PS)CAT
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