~ 1873 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2018; SP1: 1873-1874 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2018; SP1: 1873-1874 Sanjay Kumar Junior Research Office, Sugarcane Research Centre, Bazpur road, Kashipur G.B.P.U.A. &T., Uttarakhand, India Sidharth Kashyap Scientific Officer, Sugarcane Research Centre, Bazpur road, Kashipur-244713, G.B.P.U.A. &T., Uttarakhand, India Shailbala Junior Research Office, Sugarcane Research Centre, Bazpur road, Kashipur-244713, G.B.P.U.A. &T., Uttarakhand, India VK Tyagi Joint Director, Sugarcane Research Centre, Bazpur road, Kashipur-244713, G.B.P.U.A. &T, Uttarakhand, India Mahavir Singh Assistant Professor, KVK, Saharanpur, Sugarcane Research Centre, Bazpur road, Kashipur- 244713, G.B.P.U.A. &T., Uttarakhand, India Correspondence Sanjay Kumar Junior Research Office, Sugarcane Research Centre, Bazpur road, Kashipur G.B.P.U.A. &T., Uttarakhand, India Technological options to enhance sugarcane production in plains of Uttarakhand Sanjay Kumar, Sidharth Kashyap, Shailbala, VK Tyagi and Mahavir Singh Abstract Sugarcane agriculture is the largest livelihood provider in the rural plain areas in Uttarakhand. It has lower productivity of sugarcane (60.5 & 64.6 mt/ha) than the national productivity (70.0 & 68.2 mt/ha) during 2016-17 & 2017-18*. Among causes of low productivity are rejected cane varieties, delayed planting, water logging and unawareness against ratoon management etc. Technological options is to be given to boost cane productivity and recovery up to 100.0 mt/ha & 12.5% respectively through adoption of newly released early high yielding varieties, improved planting methods, INM and use of bio- fertilizer. With the help of different technological options there was vast increase in sugarcane production (6269 -7235 thousand mt) and productivity (57.4 -64.6 mt/ha) during last five years in Uttarakhand. Keeping all these facts in view, there is a need to improve cane yield & recovery through available and new technological options. Keywords: Sugarcane productivity, recovery, INM, planting methods, mono-cropping Introduction Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), is one of the most important cash crop covering an area of eighty-four thousand hectare in Uttarakhand. The average productivity of sugarcane is lower (60.5 & 64.6 mt/ha) than the national productivity (70.0 & 68.2 mt/ha) during 2016-17 & 2017-18*. The soil of plains of Uttarakhand (Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar and some part of Dehradun and Nanital districts) are characterized as young with remarkable content of organic matter, medium to heavy imperfectly to moderately well drained, dark coloured with organic matter. At present state had seven factories out of which three situated in U.S. Nagar, three in Haridwar and one in Dehradun with the total crushing capacity is 34250 TCD and sugar recovery is 9.98% while sugar production is 40.8 lakh metric tonnes during 2017-18*. Materials and Methods Present work was undertaken to study the sugarcane production & productivity in Uttarakhand during the last five years. Also data of cane crushed & sugar production was obtained from the different sugar mill which is situated in Uttarakhand. The main aim of the study was to investigate the impact of different technology on sugarcane production, productivity and recovery. To investigate it included detailed questions from farmers/ cane development staff/ sugar industries. During this study we had investigated different type of problems and challenges faced by sugarcane growers, sugarcane industries and personal who are engaged in disseminating technological advances. Major problems related to the sugarcane production in state are late planting, monoculture of sugarcane, improper varietal balance, unbalanced use of fertilizer, pest and disease build up, poor crop rotation management, poor ratoon management, insufficient credit facilities and marketing problems. The major diseases evident from reports are grassy shoots, pokkha- boeing, smut, leaf spot, leaf scald and red-rot. Among the pests early shoot borer in the late planted crops is considerably serious problem. Productivity of the soil has come down and management concerns like physical, chemical, and biological degradation and declining carbon content are also becoming increasing relevant. Mono-cropping of sugarcane for several decades have depleted the soil fertility considerably. Out of total cane area about 50% area is under ratoon crop. In recent years mid-late varieties area has decreased (52%) whereas early varieties area increasing at optimal rate (44%) and 4% under other varieties of cane. Results and Discussion It can be observed from the data in table-1, which the sugarcane productivity during last five year showing good improvement where as sugarcane area and production is increasing during