Bioenergy related land use change would likely alter biogeochemical cycles and global greenhouse gas budgets. Energy cane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is a sugarcane variety and an emerging biofuel feedstock for cellulosic bio-ethanol production. It has potential for high yields and can be grown on marginal land, which minimizes competition with grain and vegetable production. The DayCent biogeoc...

Samples of filtercake from all mills in the South African and Swaziland sugar industries were analysed for nutrient composition at regular intervals during 1979. It was found that at those mills using the cane diffusion process average P, Ca, Mg, Zn and Mn percentage contents of filtercake were considerably higher than those from factories where tandem rollers were used to crush cane. This can ...

The South African sugar industry remains under pressure to increase sugarcane supply to mills, many of which operate below optimal capacity. One opportunity for the industry, that of significant spatial expansion, lies in small grower, communally-owned areas where much of the land is suited to sugarcane production. Extensive investment capital has been channeled into small grower projects with ...

This paper considers the problem of monitoring cane toads in Kakadu National Park using a large scale wireless sensor network deployment. Cane toads were mistakenly introduced in Australia in 1935. Their uncanny ability to survive in diverse climates and lack of natural predators in the Australian ecosystem have promoted unhindered growth of cane toads for the last 68 years. This application is...

Introduction: Sugar cane is a giant plant of grain products. Regarding the benefits of the use of medications with herbal origin, in the present study the impact of sugar cane extract on atherosclerosis and LDL-c and HDL-c in the serum of hypercholesterolemic rabbits was studied. Materials and methods: 24 adult male New Zealand rabbits race with an average weight of 2 kg were classified into...

The use of non-destructive devices like Delta-T-LeafAreaMeter and Canegro Models can help farmers to manage their cane crops and have an understanding of the importance of measurement of physiological parameters so as to maximize cane and sugar yields. This study was conducted on sandy clay loams of the lithosol group under the Zimbabwe soil classification system at The Zimbabwe Sugar Associati...

Alcohol production at the laboratory scale from sugar cane pieces by the EX-FERM technique was studied with 37 strains of Saccharomyces spp. The EX-FERM process is novel in that it employs the simultaneous extraction and fermentation of the sucrose in a cane-water suspension. Two types of cane treatments were used: chips and shredded pith, either fresh or dried. A mother culture of the yeast wa...

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of lightly gripping a cane on the Functional Reach Test (FRT) to evaluate dynamic balance. 21 healthy men (19±1 years) were asked to perform the FRT three times. The standard FRT was performed in the first and third trials. In the second trial, participants in a light-grip group (n = 11) were told to lightly grip (but to not apply f...

Traditional virtual reality (VR) mainly focuses on visual feedback, which is not accessible for people with visual impairments. We created Canetroller, a haptic cane controller that simulates white cane interactions, enabling people with visual impairments to navigate a virtual environment by transferring their cane skills into the virtual world. Canetroller provides three types of feedback: (1...