Phosphorus

Deficiency Symptoms :

• Colour of the leaves in greenish blue or red - purple discolouration on tips and margins, narrow and somewhat reduce in length.
• Reduction in length of sugarcane stalks, diameters of which taper rapidly at growing points.
• Poor or no tillering.
• Decreased shoot / root ratio with restricted root development.

• Foliar spray of DAP 2% twice at fortnight interval
• Applying large amounts upto 1 tonne/ha of rock phosphate
• Application of triple super phosphate @ 0.5 to 0.75 kg /ha