CROSS-POLLINATION OF SUGAR CANE

Leaf Temperatures of Sugar Cane.

Since the results in the literature are at considerable variance regarding leaf temperatures with reference to the surrounding air temperature, the writer thought it would be of interest to check some leaf temperatures in a different section of the country from those previously reported. The investigations of CURTIS (2) were performed at Berkeley and Riverside, California, and those of CLUM (1)...

Intelligent Modeling of Sugar-Cane Maturation

The text area is 29 × 45 picas (~12.3 cm × 19 cm) to fit in the printed proceedings book without reduction. When printed on letter paper there will be wide margins. Abstract. Previous use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agriculture for forecasting productivity indicators, especially Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), has shown that it is possible to approximate sugarcane maturation curves. Ho...

The Biosynthesis of Starch in Sugar Cane

Althougll starch poses a problem in the factory by retarding filtration and crystallization rates of cane juices (Balch, 1953; Feulherade, ~gzg) , little attention has been given the mechanisms of starch formation in sugarcane. Of further importance is the knowledge that both glucose-I-phosphate* and uridine diphospl~oglucose, themselves major precursors of sucrose, are also involved in starch ...

The Lubrication of Cane Sugar Machinery

-This IS a subject which does not at first sight appear to be of major importance in Cane Sugar Factory operation nor possibly of sufficient interest to warrant intensive thought on the part of the Engineer whose duty it is to keep machinery run"ning at all costs. Lubrication is only too often regarded as a necessary evil-a messy, troublesome -subject only to be tackled as and when hitches occu...

Hemicelluloses of Sugar Cane Bagasse Fibre