Productivity of Sugarcane High Yielding Varieties Planted at Different Furrow Spacing

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate the productivity of new high yielding varieties planted at different furrow spacing under Isabela condition.  It was conducted at the Central Experiment Station of the Isabela State University at Cabagan Campus from August 2017 to December 2018. A total of  3,060 sq. m. area was used in the study.  The experiment was laid-out following the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) in two factorial experiment with the following treatments replicated three times:  Three varieties namely  V1- VMC 84-524 (Control); V2- Phil 99-1793; V3- Phil 2000-2569; and four furrow spacing such as B1- 1.20 meter (Control);  B2- 1.40 meter; B3- 1.60 meter and B4 - 0.50 m x 1.20 m.  Result of the study revealed that Phil 2000-2569 (V3) planted at 0.50 x 1.20 m significantly produced the highest cane yield while VMC 84-524 (V1) and Phil 2000-2569 (V3) gained highest income when planted at 1.60 m.