Research Article
Investigating Visible Cane Loss and Stump Damage Due to Sugarcane Chopper Harvester Usage in Thailand
Table 1
Total cane loss, including losses at the remaining stumps, elevator, and extractor, following the use of large sugarcane harvesters.
| Location | Province | Horsepower (HP) | Plot number | Yield (t/ha) | Cane loss (t/ha) | Remaining stumps (t/ha) | Elevator (t/ha) | Extractor (t/ha) | Total cane loss (t/ha) | Total cane loss (%) |
| Tha Muang | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 1 | 68.62 | 3.28 | 0.66 | 0.03 | 3.97 | 5.8 | Tha Muang | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 2 | 62.16 | 3.77 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 4.98 | 8.0 | Bo Phloi | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 3 | 77.49 | 3.83 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 4.94 | 6.4 | Bo Phloi | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 4 | 79.75 | 3.76 | 0.34 | 0.52 | 4.62 | 5.8 | Tha Maka | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 5 | 75.24 | 0.95 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 1.18 | 1.6 | Tha Maka | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 6 | 59.72 | 0.58 | 1.18 | 0.79 | 2.54 | 4.3 | Mueang | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 7 | 102.69 | 1.09 | 0.48 | 0.30 | 1.87 | 1.8 | Mueang | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 8 | 59.99 | 1.44 | 0.61 | 0.06 | 2.11 | 3.5 | Song Phi Nong | Suphan Buri | 325 | 9 | 105.10 | 2.32 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 2.82 | 2.7 | Bo Phloi | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 10 | 46.68 | 2.52 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 2.89 | 6.2 | Bo Phloi | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 11 | 54.56 | 1.82 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 2.45 | 4.5 | Kamphaeng Saen | Nakhon Pathom | 325 | 12 | 80.93 | 1.52 | 0.81 | 0.39 | 2.72 | 3.4 | Bo Phloi | Kanchanaburi | 325 | 13 | 71.00 | 1.54 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 1.71 | 2.4 | | Mean ± SE | | | 72.61 ± 8.64 | 2.19 ± 0.99 | 0.53 ± 0.30 | 0.27 ± 0.26 | 2.99 ± 1.06 | 4.0 ± 2.0 |
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