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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
 Treatment  
 Fertilization
 
 Base
 Foliar
 Control
 Granular 5-25-25 at sowing
 -
 Haifa
 Granular 5-25-25 at sowing
 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)
 
 
Results:
 Treatment   
 Stem height (cm) 
 No. of internodes 
 Yield (ton/ha) 
 Net income (US$/ha) 
 Control
 2.76
 14.6
 88.0
 1954.24
 Haifa
 2.91
 17.5
 107.0
 2371.36
 
 
 
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.