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Effects of Soil Properties on Sugarcane Yield in Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Hassan Suliman Ibrahim
Hassan Suliman Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Guneid Research Substation, Agricultural Research Corporation, Sudan
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Summary

Soil samples from Guneid Sugarcane Scheme, representing high- and poor-yielding sites, were collected and analysed. Yields of sugarcane were significantly and positively correlated with exchangeable potassium and clay content (P = 0·01), whereas there was a negative correlation between yield and exchangeable sodium percentage (P = 0·05). Multiple regression on soil clay content, exchangeable potassium and ESP accounted for 48·1% of the observed variability of yield of sugarcane, indicating that the clay content was the most important soil factor determining yield of sugarcane in this area.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , July 1978 , pp. 273 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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