Question: Adsali sugarcane planted in
Options:
June/July
Dec./Jan.
Feb./March
None
📌Other Options Explanations:
-Option B: Dec./Jan.: This is the usual planting time for the main sugarcane crop (also called 'eknis' or 'pre-seasonal' crop) in India.
🔑Key Points:
-Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) belongs to the family Poaceae.
✏️All India sugarcane season:
-Spring: February – March.
-Suru in Maharastra, Eksali in Gujarat & AP.
-Autumn: September – October.
-13 – 15 months, supplies sugar for early crushing.
-Adsali: July – August.
-16 – 18 months.
-Increase in yield & sugar recovery.
-Though advantageous area is declining due to water problem.
-Late planting: beyond March.
-Reduction in duration and yield.