During the growth season of 2014 a trial was carried out in Goiás, Brazil, to study the effect of the enrichment of sugarcane nutrition with mid-season foliar sprays of Poly-Feed™ Mar and Haifa Bonus™. The results confirm that the foliar nutrition improved yield and increased the farmer’s net profit.
Trial setup
The trial was carried out in a trial station of the Association of Sugarcane farmers in Vicentinópolis, GO, Brazil.
Soil texture: medium
Sowing time: 25.4.2014
Irrigation: rain-fed
Treatments
|
Treatment |
Fertilization |
|
|
|
Base |
Foliar |
|
Control |
Granular 5-25-25 at sowing |
- |
|
Haifa |
Granular 5-25-25 at sowing |
Poly-Feed™ Mar at 210 DAP, 150 L/ha @ 3% (4.5 kg/ha) Haifa Bonus at 260 DAP, 200 L/ha @ 6,0% (12 kg/ha) |
Results:
|
Treatment |
Stem height (cm) |
No. of internodes |
Yield (ton/ha) |
Net income (US$/ha) |
|
Control |
2.76 |
14.6 |
88.0 |
1954.24 |
|
Haifa |
2.91 |
17.5 |
107.0 |
2371.36 |
Conclusions
Foliar application of Poly-Feed™ Mar and Haifa Bonus™ in addition of to the soil-applied fertilizers enhanced sugarcane growth, resulting in better yield and leaving higher net profit.
