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100 Bangladesh J. Sugarcane, 36 : 97-104 June, 2015

Settling Establishment

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%Settling
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18
12
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T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6
Tretment

Tiller
Data on tillers production under different treatments were presented in the Table
1 and it was observed that no significant difference in tiller production among the
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3
treatment combinations. The highest tiller population of 242.70×10 ha was found from
T 4 (PRC+ Potato – mungbean) followed by the treatments T 2 , T 1 , T 3 and the lowest tiller
3
1
population of 225.29×10 ha- was found from T 6 (PRC+ carrot– mungbean). Simillar
result was also reported by Alam et al., (2009) in case of tomato intercropped with paired
row sugarcane.

Millable cane

Significant differences were observed in millable cane production (Table 1). The
1
3
maximum millable cane 162.38 ×10 ha - was recorded from the T 4 (PRC+Potato -
1
3
Mungbean) treatment combination and the minimum 81.29 ×10 ha- was from the T 6
(PRC+Carrot - Mungbean) combination (Table 1).This results aggred with Nakar (1990)
who reported the beneficial effects of intercropping potato and lentil on millable cane stalk
production.
Yield of cane
There were significant differences on cane yield among the treatment
combination (Table 1), which indicated that intercropping of different winter crops with
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sugarcane had effect on cane yield. The highest cane yield 135.67 tha was obtained in
the treatment (T 4 ) where potato was grown as first intercrop and mungbean was grown as
-1
second intercrop. On the other hand, the lowest cane yield 71.29 t ha was recorded