Rubber vs Sugarcane
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Rubber
Sugarcane
| Measure | Rubber | Sugarcane |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Oct–Nov, Feb–Mar |
| Days to harvest | 6–7 yr to tap | 300–365 |
| Spacing | 4.9 × 4.9 m | 90–120 cm rows |
| Soil pH | 4.5–6.0 | 6.5–7.5 |
| Water | 2000–3000 | 1500–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 25–34 | 20–35 |
| Seed rate | 420 plants | 35–40 k setts |
| Yield | 1.5–2 t dry rubber | 80–100 t |
| Watch for | Abnormal leaf fall, pink disease | Early shoot borer, red rot, woolly aphid |