Nitrogen benefits of legume green manuring in sugarcane farming systems in Mauritius

Code (CO)	MSI08P4307
Author (AU)	Umrit, G Bholah, M A Ng Kee Kwong, K F
Title - English (ET)	Nitrogen benefits of legume green manuring in sugarcane farming systems in Mauritius
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Yang-Rui Li et al (eds), Meeting the challenges of sugar crops and integrated industries in developing countries: Proceedings of the International conference IS-2008, Al Arish, Egypt, September 11-14, 2008. Egypt: International Association of Professionals in Sugar and Integrated Technologies (IAPSIT)
Document Type(DT)	book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	2008
Source (SO)	p.52-55
ISBN (BN)	977-17-6086-6
Notes (NO)	Also published in Sugar Tech (2009) 11(1): 12-16
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	Field trials were laid down at four locations in Mauritius from 2003 to 2006 to determine the contribution of LGM to the N nutrition of sugarcane and whether LGM could partly substitute for mineral fertilizer N. Data showed that N returns to soil from LGM crops ranged between 100 and 267 kg N/ha of which 50 to 70 per cent was obtained from biological fixation. The availability of N in legume biomass the subsequent plant cane crop as determined by 15N dilution technique, ranged between 21 and 44 kg N/ha. Incorporation of LGM prior to planting significantly increased yield of plant cane fertilized with half the recommended rate of mineral N. Based on the results of this study, current rate of fertilizer N for plant and 1st ratoon cane following a LGM crop may be reduced by half without any loss in yield.
Descriptors - English (DE)	sugarcane legumes legume green manure nitrogen nitrogen fixation plant nutrition
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Soils and Plant nutrition
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Fertilization: Nitrogen
Date record entered (DA)	2008-11-19
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
Number of copies (NC)	1
MSIRI Staff (MS)	CHEM