A field study was conducted to develop an economically suitable combination of organic and inorganic fertilizers for sugarcane cultivation in sandy acidic soil of a commercial sugarcane farm under Old Himalayan Piedmont Plain of Bangladesh. Results revealed that the treatment T4 which received 75~% of Recommended fertilizers (N 120, P 35, K 100, S 25, Zn 2 kg ha-1 ) + 10 Mg ha-1 Rice mill ash + Mg ha-1 press mud significantly produced higher sugarcane yield (72.34 Mg ha-1 ) among all the treatments except T5 having 100~% of Recommended fertilizers + 10 Mg ha-1 Rice mill ash + 10 Mg ha-1 press mud, which was identical. T4 also gave the highest net economic benefit at Bangladesh Taka 15,920.47 per hectare from the added nutrient management. Thus, the integrated use with organic and inorganic fertilizer is highly essential for sustainable production of sugarcane in commercial farm of the region in Bangladesh, where it has been grown year after year.
A field study was conducted to investigate and ascertain the effects of boron and molybdenum with recommended N P K S Zn fertilizers (RFD) for sustained sugarcane yield in the sandy acidic soil in Old Himalayan Piedmont Plain of Bangladesh. Results revealed that the treatment T7 having recommended fertilizers of N 120, P 35, K 100, S 25 and Zn 2kg ha-1 + B 2kg ha-1 + Mo 2 kg ha-1 produced significantly higher number of millable cane (126.96~times103~;ha-1) except in T9 with RFD + B 2 kg ha-1 + Mo 4kg ha-1 , and higher cane yield (92.83 Mg ha-1 ) among all except in T3 with RFD + B2 kg ha-1 , T5 with RFD + Mo 2kg ha-1 and T9 where the effects were statistically identical. The increase in cane yield by T7 was 164.6~% over control. The treatment T7 having RFD + B 2kg ha-1 + Mo 2kg ha-1 further gave the highest additional net economic benefit of Taka 16, 500.00 for added Band Mo at 2kg ha-1 among all the treatments in the study.