Soil Chemical Properties and Agronomic Response of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) Due to Long Term of No-Tillage Practice and Bagasse Mulch Application

Intensive tillage will continuously reduce soil quality, characterized by decreased C-organic. Low C-organic indicates the disturbance of fertility. More conservative management experiments have been done for seven years to restore quality sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) productivity. This research aimed study effect system, bagasse mulch, and their interactions on chemical properties agronomic response. The was conducted a Split Plot five groups. main plot system consisting intensive no-tillage, while subplot mulch no-bagasse mulch. found that in cultivation, no-tillage beneficial P-available, length, ripening; also P-available. increase P-available can be combined with or but increases percentage gap cultivation.