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Ratooning Induced Rhizospheric Changes Impede Nutrient Acquisition and Growth in Sugarcane Ratoon Crop During Grand Growth Stage in Sub-tropics

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Nearly half of the cultivated sugarcane is ratooned, but most often dry matter accumulation in ratoon crops is lesser than plant crops. The aim of present work was to assess ratooning induced rhizospheric changes in plant and ratoon crop for their impact on nutrient acquisition and growth. Significant changes occurred in pH, soil enzymatic activities and phenolic contents of ratoon rhizosphere during the growth stage. The changes also had an impact on ratoon root properties. The cation exchange capacity, root membrane permeability and nitrate reductase activities in vivo of ratoon crop declined significantly as compared to plant crop. These changes were reflected upon significant impediment in nutrient acquisition and their losses through tiller mortality during the growth phase of crop cycle. The NPK uptake reduced in the range 25–35 % while the losses through tiller mortality in NPK contents in ratoon cane ranged from 9 to 10 %. The reduced nutrient acquisition suppressed the development of assimilatory apparatus (27 %) during the grand growth phase and led to reduction in biomass production (15.5 %).

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The technical assistance by Dr. Namita Arya and Mr. Ram Darash along with the staff at Divisions of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry and Crop Production during experimentation is duly acknowledged.

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  1. Organic Chemistry Lab, Division of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Lucknow, India

    Pushpa Singh

  2. Division of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 226 002, India

    Rama Kant Rai

  3. Division of Microbiology, IARI, New Delhi, India

    Archna Suman

  4. Division of Crop Production, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, India

    T. K. Srivastava & K. P. Singh

  5. IISR, Lucknow, India

    R. L. Yadav

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Singh, P., Rai, R.K., Suman, A. et al. Ratooning Induced Rhizospheric Changes Impede Nutrient Acquisition and Growth in Sugarcane Ratoon Crop During Grand Growth Stage in Sub-tropics. Sugar Tech 15, 52–64 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-012-0189-2

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