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Effects of Weeding and Row Spacing on Sugar Cane at the Kenya Coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. S. Abubaker  and
A. M. Gurnah
A. S. Abubaker
Affiliation:
Department of Crop Science, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
A. M. Gurnah
Affiliation:
Department of Crop Science, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
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Summary

Using the sugar cane cultivar Co 421, competition from weeds for the whole growing season was compared at three row spacings with competition for periods ranging from 15–120 days at the start of the season or later, and weed-free conditions all through the season. The critical period for weed competition was the first three months, since weeding during the remaining 11 months did not improve yields, which were similar at row spacings of 1, 1·25 or 1·5 m. There were no interactions between the weeding and spacing treatments.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 85 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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