Growing sugarcane (interspecific hybrids of Saccharum spp.) under flooded conditions is an important management tool for decreasing soil organic matter loss in Histosols. But flooding often reduces crop yield. An experiment was conducted for 10 months in 38-L plastic pots to determine sugarcane yields and the rhizosphere properties in an organic soil under varying water-table levels and to relate soil rhizosphere properties with sugar production. Five sugarcane genotypes (representing a wide range in genetic characteristics) were grown under three water-table levels (0, 15 and 30 (drained) cm from the soil surface). Stalk dry matter and sugar yields were reduced when pots were flooded. Averaged across water- table treatments, genotypes had as high as a 60 % difference in rhizosphere soluble organic carbon (SOC), which indicates differential leakage of carbohydrates. Correlation analysis showed a negative relationship between sugar yield and SOC (r=-0.73, P

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