Interpretation of soil analysis and fertilizer recommendations for sugarcane

Soil analysis is one of the most rapid and cost-effective means of providing technical support for fertilizer and amendment recommendations for most economically important crops. The effectiveness of these recommendations is closely related to the crop's response to applications of a specific nutrient. In the case of sugarcane, the effects of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) applications must be related not only to the responses obtained in sugarcane production, but also to the responses in sucrose concentration.

Determining fertilizer and amendment recommendations based on soil analysis includes several important steps, such as: taking the soil sample, the actual analysis of the soil sample, interpretation of the results corresponding to the different parameters of the requested analysis, and the fertilizer and amendment recommendations for a specific crop.