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Introduction to Agriculture         Notes prepared by: Aqleem Abbas






               parameters                 Sugar cane                 Sugar beet
               Local name                 ghanna                     Chukander
               Scientific name            Sacchrum officinarum       Beta vulgaris

               Mode of pollination        cross                      Cross


               Season                     Spring or autumn           Rabi or winter
               Roots                      fibrous                    Tap root
               Adaptation                 Tropical only irrigated and   Temperate or soil
                                          semi arid

               Climate                    Heavy soil clay to clay loam  Loam, clay to silt

               Cultural practices
               Land preparation
               No of plowing              6-8                        4-5
               No of planking             1-2                        1-2
               NPK                        175.80.60                  140.100.00
                                          125.80.40 FOR
                                          RATOONING
               SOWING TIME                FEB-MARCH                  SEPT-OCT
                                          IN FURROWS                 RIDGES
               SEED RATE                  6-7 TONS PER HECTARE       5-6KG PER HECTARE

               ROOT TO ROOT               70CM                       50CM
               IRRIGATION                 12-15                      6-8
               CRITICAL STRESS            MAY -JUNE                  AFTER START OF
                                                                     PHOTOSYNTHESIS
               HARVESTING                 JAN –MARCH(AUTUMN)         MAY-JUNE
                                          APRIL-JUNE(SPRING)


               INSECT OR PEST             BORERS, TERMITES,          CUTWORM,APHID
                                          APHIDS, PYRILLA

               DISEASES                   RED ROT                    ROOT ROT PLUS
                                                                     DAMPING OFF
               YIELD                      40-50 TONS PER             30-40 TONS PER
                                          HECTARE                    HECTARE
               CULTIVAR                   APHID 96, MARDAN           KAWA MILA, KAWA
                                          92,93, CP 77/400           PURA, KAWE TERA
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