Sugarcane productivity and economic viability in response to planting density.

Autor: Almeida LJM; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Silva AV; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Silva JSL; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Silva JF; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Silva JHB; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Pereira Neto F; Universidade Federal do Agreste de Pernambuco - UFAPE, Garanhuns, PE, Brasil., Borba MA; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Barreto SSC; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Rodrigues HA; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Sousa VFO; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Pereira WE; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Lopes AS; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil., Mielezrski F; Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB, Areia, PB, Brasil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia [Braz J Biol] 2024 Apr 05; Vol. 84, pp. e279536. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 05 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.279536
Abstrakt: Planting with higher density in sugarcane is one of the practices used to overcome low productivity. However, this planting material is equivalent to 25% of the total cost of production, being one of the main expenses for cultivation. In this sense, the present work aims to evaluate the productivity and economic viability of sugarcane as a function of planting density. The experiment was carried out at Usina Monte Alegre in the municipality of Mamanguape, Paraíba, Brazil, from March 2021 to January 2022 with the variety RB92579. Seven planting density were studied: T1: 7 gems m-1, T2: 10 gems m-1, T3: 12 gems m-1, T4: 11 gems m-1, T5: 15 gems m-1, T6: 17 gems m-1, T7: 24 gems m-1, in randomized blocks with four replications. Growth, productivity and economic viability were evaluated. The highest productivity of cane and sugar, 77.69 ton ha-1 and 10.390 ton ha-1, respectively, was with planting density of 17 and 24 gems-1. While the minimum productivity of cane (61.313 ton ha-1) and sugar (7.924 ton ha-1) was recorded at sowing density of 7 and 11 gems-1. However, cultivation density with 7 and 10 gems m-1 were the ones that provided the highest profitability around 50%, followed by density of 12, 15 and 17 gems m-1 with an average of 45% profit and 11 and 24 gems m-1 with the lowest proportion of profit on average 38%. The cultivation with 17 gems m-1 of cane provides in cane-plant, variety RB92579, greater productivity with a profit rate of 45%, being the most suitable.
Databáze: MEDLINE