Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Basavaraj Biradar, US Surve, AV Solanke and SD Gorantiwar

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted at Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV), Rahuri during 2020-21 and 2021-22 on medium black soil with moderately alkaline in soil reaction (8.22), low organic carbon (0.39%), low available nitrogen (245.64 kg/ha), medium in phosphorus (22.25 kg/ha) and high in potassium (454.40 kg/ha) to study the influence of climate-resilient conservation technologies on yield and economics of sugarcane cultivation in semi-arid region of Maharashtra. The experiment comprising of three levels of thrash management practices and four levels of irrigation was laid out in strip-plot design with three replications. Trash management with shredder machine (TMSM) has recorded significantly higher number of millable canes/clump (10.34), number of millable canes/ha (103412), weight of single cane (1.99 kg), number of internodes/cane (19.59), length of internodes (15.99 cm), girth of internodes (3.38 cm), cane yield (229.18 t/ha) as compared to farmer’s practice. Among different irrigation method, surface drip irrigation with inverted micro-sprinkler irrigation recorded significantly higher number of millable canes/clump (10.78), number of millable canes/ha (107800), weight of single cane (2.06 kg), number of internodes/ cane (21.16), length of internodes (16.87) and girth of internodes (3.49 cm) as compared to furrow irrigation practice. The interaction effect between trash management and irrigation methods were found to be non-significant.