Studies the Damage Caused Effect Frost Sugarcane and Associate D Micro-organisms

The injury caused by frost is characterised by browning of the canopy and the leaf sheaths, but the growing point may also be severely damaged by destruction of some or all of the meristematic tissue. Experience gained in previous years has served to indicate that frosted cane does not in all cases deteriorate with the same raviditv. Thus, when rain falls on cane damaged by frcst, or conditions become humid, ' then deterioration is rapid. However, deterioration of the cane is also influenced by the degree of frost injury suffered, and this must be taken into account when judging whether a frost-damaged crop should be cut immediately, or left.