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Sugarcane + Potato (Kufri Ashoka)
Planting period : Mid October
Seed rate: Sugarcane- 60 q/ha, Potato-25 q/ha
Crop geometry : 1:2 row ratio, sugarcane planted at 90 cm and two rows of potato accommodated at 30 cm spacing
System based nutrient management (NPK kg/ha) : Sugarcane- 150:60:60:1/3 N and full P and K at planting and 1/3 N after digging of potato and 1/3 N at late tillering stage (first week of June)
Potato – 120:80:80: 1/2 N + full P and K at planting and remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses as topdressing at 30 and 50 DAP
Irrigation schedule : Four irrigations at critical growth stages of potato
Production/economic gain : 20000 Kg/ha
Area of adoption : Central U.P.
Profitability : 94671 Rs./ha
B:C ratio : 1.48
Maximum cane yield cane be obtained when potato is grown as a companion crops with autumn planted sugarcane, followed by potato/wheat, toria/onion.
Suitable crop combinations:
Most successfully adopted combinations are given as under
1.Sugarcane + Early potato (K. Chandramukhi)- Onion (Kalyanpur red).
2.Sugarcane + Early Potato- Wheat (K 816).
3.Sugarcane+ Early Potato/Vegetable Pea-Barley (Jyoti)
