Sugarcane Trial: Yield Improvement with Foundation LM

A replicated plant cane trial in Brightly, Queensland, shows the ability of Foundation LM to improve sugarcane performance.  Alternate replications of the grower standard practice (GSP) and the GSP + Foundation LM (5L/ha in furrow) were applied at planting in this study, which was conducted in variety SP80-1816 plant cane by a Landmark agronomist.

At harvest, the small investment of 5 litres of Foundation LM mixed with pre-emergence herbicides allowed the grower to pick up an additional 907 kilograms of sugar per hectare, on average, over his standard practice. 

While in-paddock photos showed little difference, the NDVI imagery below illustrates the increase in vegetative growth that ultimately allowed Foundation LM to provide an excellent return on investment to the grower. 

The difference in the tonnage average of cane was 5.22 tonnes/ha in favour of Foundation LM.

Learn more about using Foundation LM in horticulture crops by downloading the Foundation LM hort crop brochure.