Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during 2003/2004 to determine the effect of different cane portions/cuttings on per cent sprouting, subsequent growth and cane yield of sugarcane variety N-14. The trial was executed on a sandy soil at Wonji-Shoa Sugarcane Plantation. The experiment was laid in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications and five treatments comprising setts from top, middle, bottom; mixture of top+middle, and mixture of top+middle+ bottom stalk portions. The results of the experiment showed that cuttings taken from the middle and top portion of the stalk showed better results in sprouting and improved sprouting by 54.75 and 54.30%, respectively, over those taken from the bottom portion. Similarly, setts (cutting) taken from the mixtures of top and middle; top, middle and bottom portion of stalks cutting improved sett emergence by 45.5 and 47.5%, respectively,