During the growth season of 2014 a trial was carried out in Goiás, Brazil, to study the effect of the enrichment of sugarcane nutrition with mid-season foliar sprays of Poly-Feed™ Mar and Haifa Bonus™. The results confirm that the foliar nutrition improved yield and increased the farmer’s net profit.
Trial setup
The trial was carried out in a trial station of the Association of Sugarcane farmers in Vicentinópolis, GO, Brazil.
Soil texture: medium
Sowing time: 25.4.2014
Irrigation: rain-fed
Treatments
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Treatment
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Fertilization
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Base
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Foliar
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Control
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Granular 5-25-25 at sowing
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-
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Haifa
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Granular 5-25-25 at sowing
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Poly-Feed™ Mar at 210 DAP, 150 L/ha @ 3% (4.5 kg/ha)
Haifa Bonus at 260 DAP, 200 L/ha @ 6,0% (12 kg/ha)
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Results:
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Treatment
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Stem height (cm)
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No. of internodes
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Yield (ton/ha)
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Net income (US$/ha)
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Control
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2.76
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14.6
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88.0
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1954.24
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Haifa
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2.91
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17.5
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107.0
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2371.36
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Conclusions
Foliar application of Poly-Feed™ Mar and Haifa Bonus™ in addition of to the soil-applied fertilizers enhanced sugarcane growth, resulting in better yield and leaving higher net profit.