Fertilizer and herbicide usage in sugar cane cultivation in Mauritius
| MSI99P3092 | |
| Ng Kee Kwong, K F Umrit, G Nowbotsing, M | |
| Fertilizer and herbicide usage in sugar cane cultivation in Mauritius | |
| Periodical article | |
| 1997 | |
| Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice | |
| 76 (3): 41-47 | |
| (Published 1998) | |
| En | |
| Fr En | |
| As reliable data on agrochemical use in sugar cane were lacking, a survey of fertilizer and herbicide usage by the sugar cane planting community was carried out in 1997. Based on records kept by sugar estates and personal interviews with 20 independent growers in each factory area, it was deduced that approximately 1180 t commercial products containing 630 t a.i. herbicides and 65 000 t fertilizer supplying 11000 t nitrogen (N), 4000 t phosphorus (expressed as P2O5) and 14 000 t potassium (as K2)) were applied to sugar cane in 1996. While diuron, atrazine and 2,4-D were the herbicides most utilized, formulations 17-2-27 and 17-8-25 accounted for more than 70 per cent of the fertilizers received by sugar cane. Since more than 75 per cent of the agrochemicals are applied during the dry season (July to November) the fertilizers and herbicides, as confirmed by water monnitoring studies, should not pose a risk to human health. Unlike herbicide import data, total annual fertilizers sales accurately reflect fertilizer usage by the sugar industry. | |
| SUGARCANE PLANT NUTRITION FERTILIZERS HERBICIDES AGROCHEMICALS WATER QUALITY WATER POLLUTION HERBICIDE RESIDUES | |
| MAURITIUS | |
| Environmental management | |
| Agrochemicals movement | |
| 1998-09-16 | |
| En | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| CHEM |