Response Of Sugarcane (VMC 599) As Affected By The Application Of Different Levels Of Mud Press And Bagasse Compost

Abstract

This study focused mainly on the response of sugarcane (VMC 599) applied with different levels of mud press and bagasse compost. Specifically, it aimed to 1) determine which among the different levels of mud press and bagasse compost would be the best in terms of a) plant height at maturity (cm), b) number of tillers, c) diameter of stalks (cm), d) length of internodes and e) sugar content per tons of cane and to 2) determine the cost and return the different treatment tested.

The Randomized Complete Block (RCB) design was used in the experiment to test the following treatments: T1- Recommendation rate, T2- Pure Bagasse, T3- Pure Mud press, T4- 75% Mud press + 25% Bagasse, T5- 50% Mud press + 50% Bagasse, and T6- 25% Mud press + 75% Bagasse. Based on the result, the application of recommended fertilizer rate on the production of sugarcane produced the tallest plants; however, it has no significant difference with the application of combined bagasse and mud press in other growth and yield parameters such as the diameter of the plant, tiller number per hill and the amount of sugar per ton of cane. The application of recommended fertilizer can be adopted; however, different levels of bagasse and mud press may still be considered since it has almost the same effect in terms of sugarcane agronomic and yield characteristics.