Farmacist sugarcane trial
Burdekin, QLD Independently Conducted by Farmacist** Aim: Determine the effect of Great Land treatment on root development in plant sugarcane. Design: Randomised Complete Block (RCB) design, pot experiment: Three treatments x four replicates. Treatments: T1: Control. T2: Great Land @ 25* L/ha (0.5 mL/ pot), applied at planting with a metered syringe then irrigated. T3: Great Land @ 50* L/ha (1 mL/pot), same application method as T2. Setts for T2 and T3 were dipped in undiluted Great Land prior to planting. All treatments: homogenized soil; cane variety (KQ228); same planting depth; no insecticides; same fertiliser regime - dissolved solutions of MAP, SOP and Easy N; and, same watering intervals with automated irrigation using 4 L/hour drippers. Assessments: Measurements of root mass, stalk height and tiller counts were taken for three setts collected from each treatment at seven week intervals from planting, up to 21 weeks. [...]








