KK3 sugarcane variety has a yield of 100 tons/ha on Nghia Dan land.
Among the sugarcane varieties with high yield, high quality, and few pests in Nghia Dan district, there is currently the KK3 variety. Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited (NASU) has implemented models of growing KK3 sugarcane in this locality and the yield has reached 100 tons/ha.
KK3 sugarcane variety on Nghia Dan land has a total area of nearly 300 hectares, planted in many communes. Farmers are lent sugarcane varieties by NASU Sugar Factory, and are provided with services from plowing the land properly, planting sugarcane and spraying herbicides by machine...
Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited built a model in Quan Mit hamlet, Nghia Thanh commune. Ms. Hoang Thi Thuy's family was the first household to implement it with an area of nearly 1.7 hectares. This was the first time Ms. Thuy planted the Thai sugarcane variety KK3. Ms. Thuy said: KK3 sugarcane variety has few pests and diseases, can be kept for up to 5 years, the average yield of the first crop is 106 tons/ha, the second crop is 120 tons/ha, the third and fourth crops are 100 tons, and the sugar reserve is over 10CCS.
For KK3 sugarcane variety, when planting, farmers need to treat the cuttings before planting; pay attention to density, planting distance, and care to preserve the roots for a long time.
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Currently, in Nghia Dan district, there are more than 7,000 hectares of raw sugarcane, mainly different sugarcane varieties. However, due to long-term cultivation, there has been a phenomenon of degeneration, especially grass shoot disease, which currently has no thorough treatment. Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited is planning to introduce new sugarcane varieties with high productivity to replace old sugarcane varieties, and KK3 sugarcane variety is a good choice for farmers with advantages such as high productivity, large sugar reserves, and preferential policies for planting KK3 sugarcane variety in the spring crop, such as the Company's support of 1.5 million VND/ha...
The testing, comparison and evaluation of the KK3 sugarcane variety has been carried out by Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited since 2011, through a cooperation project with the Sugarcane Research Institute. The goal of the project is to find a new sugarcane variety that is resistant to the grass shoot disease (caused by Phytoplasma) that has devastated the raw material area since 2006, reducing productivity and quality, shortening the sugarcane growing cycle..., causing the sugar factory to lack raw materials for operation. Comparative testing and evaluation on a small and large scale were carried out from 2011 to 2014, putting the KK3 sugarcane variety into the rapid propagation system according to the 3-level disease-free sugarcane seed production system in 2015 and mass production from 2017.
Mr. Ngo Van Tu - General Director of Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited, said that KK3 sugarcane variety grown in Nghia Dan district has Resistance to grass shoot disease, caused by Phytoplasma in large-scale and small-scale testing conditions. Completely control grass shoot disease on sugarcane, without needing to allocate State budget support. The company has applied a 3-level disease-free sugarcane seed production process, quickly multiplying sugarcane seeds after the testing period; perfecting the care process, overcoming the disadvantages of: leaf blight, sugarcane root germination; supplementing Magnesium (MgO) through fused phosphate fertilizer. From the application of the model, it shows that:
The yield of KK3 sugarcane is almost double that of other sugarcane varieties. Specifically, with an area of 3,224 ha x 10 tons/ha x 1,150,000 VND/ton for an amount of 37,076 billion VND. This is the additional income for farmers when implementing the model.
From the above model, the Company has an additional 32,240 tons of sugarcane to press, reducing depreciation costs; increasing sugar output by 3,224 tons, increasing electricity output to the national grid, increasing production and business efficiency. CCS of KK3 sugarcane variety is 0.32 CCS higher than that of LK92-11 sugarcane variety; higher than that of QD93-159 sugarcane variety.
From the economic efficiency, farmers continue to be more attached to sugarcane, contributing to hunger eradication, poverty reduction, job creation, income for farmers, contributing to the socio-economic development of Western Nghe An.
Currently, NASU Sugar Factory is planning to expand the KK3 sugarcane area in the following crop years.
