Surender Kumar*, Mehar Chand2, Ankur Chaudhary2, Sandeep Rawal2, Rajender Singh Garhwal1 and Pooja Dhansu3
1College of Agriculture, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Kaul-136021, Haryana, India
2Regional Research Station, CCS HAU, Uchani, Karnal-132001, Haryana, India
3ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal-132001, Haryana, India
Email: surenderdhanday1984@gmail.com.
Received-02.03.2022, Revised-16.03.2022, Accepted-28.03.2022
Abstract: Drought is the most limiting environmental factor to reduce potential sugarcane productivity among various biotic and abiotic constraints. A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of water stress on early and mid-late categories of six sugarcane varieties with three irrigation regimes (IW/CPE) i.e. at 1.0, 0.6 and 0.3 with four replications during 2020-21 at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Regional Research Station, Karnal (Haryana), India. The results showed that germination per cent did not differ significantly among different irrigation regimes at 30 and 45 days after planting (DAP). At 0.3 irrigation regime, maximum number of tillers were recorded in Co 05011 (120.3 and 113.2), while in CoH 160 (150.4, 131.3) at 0.6 IW/CPE at 100 and 150 DAP, respectively. The results have shown that varieties Co 0238, CoH 167, Co 05011and Co 0118 recorded significantly highest dry matter accumulation in early as well as grand growth phase than CoH 160 andCoH 119.CoH 167 followed by Co 05011 and Co 0238 produced significantly higher NMC and noted 19.21% and 7.21% reduction in NMC at 0.3 and 0.6 irrigation regime as compared to 1.0 irrigation regime level.Cane yield was significantly affected under low irrigation regime in all the tested varieties. Significant reduction of 31.13 and 12.3% in cane yield was recorded at 0.3 and 0.6 irrigation regime as compared to 1.0 irrigation regime. Among the varieties, CoH 167 (104.5 t ha-1) produced significantly higher cane yield which was at par with Co 0238 (104.3 t ha-1) and the lowest cane yield was reported in varieties Co 0118 (77.6 t ha-1).
Keywords: Cane yield, Drought, Irrigation regimes, IW/CPE ratio, Sugarcane
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