Plant-cane

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Plant´-cane`

A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The planting was performed on May 1, 2008 and the plant-cane cultivation (18 months) was evaluated.

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of sugarcane productivity in function of air temperature and water stress

(2011) also found superior performance of TCH for the cultivars RB92579 (255.6 Mg [ha.sup.-1]) and RB72454 (191.6 Mg [ha.sup.-1]), in cultivation under conventional big gun sprinkler irrigation (total water depth of 1,396.6 mm), plant-cane cycle and full irrigation, under the conditions of soil (dystrophic Yellow Argisol) and climate (rainy tropical) of Carpina-PE.

Stalk yield of sugarcane cultivars under different water regimes by subsurface drip irrigation/Produtividade de colmos de cultivares de cana-de-acucar submetidas a diferentes regimes hidricos por gotejamento subsuperficial

Stalk weights of CP 97-1944, averaged over the plant-cane, first-ratoon, and second-ratoon crops, were 12.9% lower on organic soils and 17.1% lower on sand soils than the corresponding stalk weights of 'CP 70-1133' (Rice et al., 1978), the commercial check.

Registration of 'CP 97-1944' sugarcane

The mill cultivated one crop of plant-cane and ratooned it once, before returning the holdings to the owners after the disruption of their subsistence farming.

Socio-economic change and rural entrepreneurs in pre-crisis East Java, Indonesia: case study of a Madurese upland community (1)

Harvest of the first crop is called the plant-cane crop, and successive crop harvests are called stubble crops.

Comparison of Valuation Methods for Perennial Sugarcane Crops Associated With Eminent Domain Land Acquisition

Stalk weights of CP 97-1989, averaged over the plant-cane, first-ratoon, and second-ratoon crops, were 7.3% lower on organic soils and similar on sand soils compared with the corresponding stalk weights of 'CP 70-1133' (Rice et al., 1978), the commercial check.

Registration of 'CP 97-1989' sugarcane

Stalk number of Ho 95-988 is 90% and stalk weight is 120% of LCP 85-384, when averaged across plant-cane, first-ratoon, and second-ratoon crops.

Registration of 'Ho 95-988' sugarcane

CP 89-2376 was evaluated in eight yield trials in the 1993 to 1994 through the 1995 to 1996 harvest seasons (eight plant-cane, eight first- and eight second-ratoon crops) on organic soils where its cane yield was 6.7% higher than that of CP 70-1133.

Registration of 'CP 89-2376' sugarcane

Stalk number of HoCP 96-540 is 90% and stalk weight is 125% of Louisiana's principal cultivar, LCP 85-384, when averaged over plant-cane, first-ratoon, and second-ratoon crops.

Registration of 'HoCP 96-540' sugarcane

CP 96-1602 was evaluated on organic soils at eight locations over a three-crop cycle (seven plant-cane, eight first- and seven second-ratoon crops) where its cane yield (Mg cane [ha.sup.-1]) was 5.8% higher than that of CP 70-1133.

Registration of 'CP 96-1602' sugarcane

This overall gain was sustained by performance improvements in plant-cane (0.79 kg [Mg.sup.-1] of cane [yr.sup.-1]), first-ratoon (0.82 kg [Mg.sup.-1] of cane [yr.sup.-1]), and second-ratoon (0.79 kg [Mg.sup.-1] of cane [yr.sup.-1]) crops.

Genetic contribution to yield gains in the Florida sugarcane industry across 33 years

Stalk weight of CP 96-1252, averaged across three crops (plant-cane, first- and second-ratoon), was 93% on sand and 88% on organic soils of that of the commercial check, 'CP 70-1133' (Rice et al., 1978).