• Dr.C.P..Hase
• NA

At present the state of Maharashtra produces 30-40% of the total cane sugar produced in India. But in last decade the sugar recovery and cane yield both had drastically reduced mainly because of the monoculturing, the practice of sugarcane cultivation, which is at the same time highly profitable for farmers. Monoculturing is leading to development of phytotoxic microflora and accumulation of several allelochemicals in the soil. Not only this but due to ratoon soil desertification had taken place at the massive level. The monoculturing process of sugarcane cultivation followed in sugarcane belt of Maharashtra had mainly hampered the soil biochemical processes and enzymatic activities, reducing it’sfertility. The emergence of phytotoxic fungi like Curvularia, Saccaharomyces, Rhizoctonia, Fusarium had aggravated the situation. However this problem is not yet attempted in depth. Hence the present study was aimed at the soil improvement through the practice of sustainable sugarcane cultivation. The results of rhizosphere soil microflora and mineral nutrients analyses revealed that sustainable sugarcane cultivation can improve the soil fertility, resulting into successful ratooning .The overall studies indicated that organic farming had helped to reduce the harmful microflora, leading to development of the beneficial fungal flora like Trichoderma and Paccilomyces. The rhizosphere soil under organic farming showed richcontent of OC, P, K, Ca Mg S, Zn, Cu and Fe. Finally it can be concluded that monoculturing may become economical when sustainable/organic cultivation of sugarcane is followed in the state of Maharashtra.

Sustainable cultivation, monoculturing, rhizosphere microflora, mineral nutrients in soil, pH, EC.

"SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION UNDER MONOCULTURING IN MAHARASHTRA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.716-723, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908A55.pdf

"SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE CULTIVATION UNDER MONOCULTURING IN MAHARASHTRA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp716-723, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908A55.pdf