Sugarcane Yield Response to Furrow-Applied Organic Amendments on Sand Soils

Table 4

Predicted least squares means and for yield components including t cane ha⁻¹ (TCH) and kg sucrose cane (KST) for the plant cane crop at Site 1. Also included are significant contrasts.

Treatment^a	TCH	KST	Stalk Wt (kg)	Stalks m^−1
(1) Control	115.0	133.0	1.09	16.1
(2) MM (226 m^3 ha^−1)	135.7	134.5	1.38	15.0
(4) MM (14 m^3 ha^−1)	113.7	134.7	1.09	16.0
(5) MM (28 m^3 ha^−1)	125.8	135.6	1.21	15.9
	0.100	0.046	0.023	0.211
Contrasts^b
T1 versus T2	*	NS	***	*

Significant differences between specified treatments at or 0.001, respectively.
NS: no significant difference at for the specified contrast.
^aMM: mill mud. Treatment 2 was broadcast prior to planting and treatments 4 and 5 were applied in the furrow prior to planting. These treatments are presented from the full ANOVA for all treatments because there were significant contrasts involving them for TSH.
^bThe T4 versus T5 contrast was nonsignificant for yield parameters presented here.