Treatments

Germination %

Number of tillers (m⁻²)

Millable canes (m⁻²)

Plant height (cm)

Stripped cane weight (kg)

Stripped cane yield (t∙ha⁻¹)

180 cm spaced trenches with triple row strips

46.15

15.96 A

12.80

333.25 A

0.94 A

107 A

180 cm spaced trenches with alternate row strips

45.42

14.02 B

12.02

317.75 C

0.85 C

99 C

120 cm spaced trenches with double row strips

45.75

14.33 B

12.30

325.25 B

0.89 B

102.25 B

60 cm spaced furrows with single row

44.52

12.66 C

11.12

311.25 D

0.80 D

91 D

LSD at 0.05%

NS

0.82

NS

6.34

2.33

1.36