Tropical potato clones with larger canopies do not affect the growth, yield and yield components of intercropped sugar cane
| MSI00P3394 | |
| Cadersa, Y. Wong Yen Cheong, K. Govinden, N. | |
| Tropical potato clones with larger canopies do not affect the growth, yield and yield components of intercropped sugar cane | |
| Programme, Abstracts and List of participants: Potatoes for poverty alleviation: 5th Triennial Congress of the African Potato Association, Uganda, 29 May-2 June 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| p. 26 | |
| Kampala: African Potato Association | |
| Abstract only | |
| En | |
| En | |
| About 80 per cent of the potato produced in Mauritius comes from intercropping with sugarcane. Recently, several new tropical clones with higher yields have been proposed to growers. Since their higher yields are associated with larger canopies, five trials were laid down in 1997 and 1998 to investigate whether the new clones affect the yield and yield components of intercropped cane. Canopy cover percent and canopy cover duration of tropical clones were significantly higher than those of traditional temperate clones. Canopy cover was also higher in intercropping than in pure stands. Nevertheless, the potato had no significant effect on tiller density, number of millable cane, sucrose content, cane and sugar yield of intercropped cane. There were no relationships between either potato canopy cover duration or potato yield and relative cane yield. This confirms that even potato with larger canopies and higher yields do not affect intercropped cane growth and yield. | |
| Potatoes clones yield sugarcane intercropping Tiller density Sucrose content | |
| Mauritius | |
| Potatoes | |
| Physiology | |
| 2000-06-23 | |
| En | |
| List | |
| FC |