5. INTERCULTURE
ALL THE LIGHTER AND FINER
OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT ON THE SOIL,
BETWEEN SOWING AND HARVESTING
ARE TERM AS INTERCULTURE
OPERATIONS. THEY INCLUDE WEEDING,
FERTILIZER APPLICATION, MULCHING
ETC. THE MACHINARY AND IMPLEMENTS
USED FOR THIS PURPOSE ARE CALLED AS
INTERCULTURAL EQUIPMENTS.
6. INTERCULTURAL PRACTICES IN SUGARCANE
Intercultural practices followed in
sugarcane are :
1. Gap filling.
2. Weeding.
3. Hoeing.
4. Tagarni.
5. Earthingup
6. Detrashing.
7. Propping or tieing of cane.
7. WEEDING
TWO TO FIVE HANDWEEDING ARE GIVEN
AT 20 DAYS INTERVAL DEPENDING UPON
THE INTENSITY OF WEEDS IN CASE OF
SHORT FORROW METHOD.
ONE PRE-EMERGENCE SPRAYING OF
WEEDICIDES LIKE ATRAZIN OR 2,4-D @
5kg/ha.
8.
9. HOEING
TWO TIME HOES ARE WORKED IN THE
FURROW TO STIR THE SOIL AND TO
REMOVE WEED IN LONG FURROW AND
CONTTOUR FURROW LAYOUT.
SUCH 3-4 HOEING ARE GIVEN AT ONE
MONTH INTERVAL.
10.
11. TAGARNI
TAGARNI A PARTIAL HILLING UP OF THE
SOIL AGAINST CROP ROWS IS DONE
WHEN THE CANE CROP STARTS RAPID
GROWTH AT THE RANGE OF 3-4 MONTHS.
IT IS DONE TWICE AT AN INTERVAL OF
ONE MONTH FOR LOOSENING.THE SOIL
AND PRUNING NONFUNCTIONAL ROOTS.
12. EARTHINGUP
BREAKING OR RIDGES AND CONVERTING
THEM INTO FURROWS AND FURROWS
INTO RIDGESARE CALLED AS
EARTHINGUP IN SUGARCANE.
THIS PRACTICE IS DONE WHEN THE CROP
IS 5 TO 5.5 MONTH OLD AND 2 TO 3
INTERNODES ARE VISIBLE.
IT IS DONE TO SUPPORT THE PLANT WITH
SOIL AND AVOID THE DIRECT CONTACT
OF WATER OF PLANT.
13.
14.
15.
16. DETRASHING
REMOVAL OF SOME OF THE OLDER
LEAVES FROM THE CANE CROP IS KNOWN
AS DETRASHING IT IS DONE TO AVOID
ATTACK OF INSECT PEST.
DETRASHED LEAVES ARE USED FOR
CATTLE FEEDING OR MULCHING.
17.
18.
19. PROPPING OR TIEING OF CANE PLANT
THE TIEING OF CANE PLANT TO PREVENT
LODGING IS KNOWN AS PROPPING.
SONE CANES OF TWO ADJACENT ROWS
ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER AND TIED BY
SUGARCANE LEAVES ROPE.
IT IS ALSO HEPL IN APPLYING
IRRIGATION IN A BETTER WAY.
