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Investigation on the Effect of Drying-Off and Harvest Date Management on Quantitative and Qualitative Yield of Sugarcane

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In sugarcane cultivation, harvest date is one of the factors that plays a decisive role in improving the yield of sugar. Accordingly, an experiment was conducted in the cropping years 2017–2018 and 2018–2019 in Khuzestan Imam Khomeini Agro-Industrial Research Farm to investigate the effect of drying-off date and harvest date on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of sugarcane. The experimental treatments included factorial combinations of three drying-off pre-harvest dates: (1) September 10, (2) September 23, and (3) October 5, and three harvest times: 20, 27 and 35 days after each drying-off date. The cultivar of choice in this experiment was the early-maturing cultivar CP73-21. Quantitative yield parameters that were measured included cane yield, stem height, and juice weight. Moreover, pol (%), brix (%), purity (%), recoverable sugar (%) and residual nitrogen in leaf were measured as qualitative yield parameters. Results showed that in general, drying-off date had a stronger effect on qualitative yield parameters compared to the quantitative ones. In addition, it was found that drying-off date on October 5 led to the highest cane yield, while drying-off date on September 10 led to the lowest yield. Although quantitative yield corresponding to October 5 was higher than September 23, the qualitative yield was similar for both treatments (for all quality parameters except recoverable sugar (%) in the first year and residual leaf nitrogen in the second year). In general, the results showed that harvesting 35 days after the second drying-off date produced the highest quantitative and qualitative sugarcane yield (October 28).

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As a part of Ph.D dissertation, this work has been supported by Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (Grant Number: SCU.AA98.646). The authors also appreciate the cooperation of the Sugarcane Research and Development Center and the staff of the Imam Khomeini Department of Agro-Industrial Studies.

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    Zahra Noorghadami, Yaghoob Mansoori & Mohamad Javad Sheikhdavoodi

  2. Department of Production Engineering and Plant Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

    Afrasyab Rahnama

  3. Department of Remote Sensing and GIS, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

    Ayoub Taghizadeh

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Noorghadami, Z., Mansoori, Y., Sheikhdavoodi, M.J. et al. Investigation on the Effect of Drying-Off and Harvest Date Management on Quantitative and Qualitative Yield of Sugarcane. Sugar Tech 24, 1699–1709 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-022-01154-y

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