The partitioning and quality of aboveground biomass have important ramifications for crop management and biomass conversion. In preliminary studies, Saccharum sp. Miscanthus sp. hybrids exhibited stubble cold tolerance in west-central Arkansas, unlike Saccharum sp. Saccharum spontaneum hybrids. The objective was to examine foliar and stem quality of the C4 grasses Miscanthus sinensis (‘Gracilli...

A field experiment was conducted at Sugarcane Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Sirugamani during (Plant crop) 2017-18 to find out the effect of intercropping and double row planting on growth attributes, yield sugarcane under Sustainable initiative. The experiments were laid in a strip plot design with three replications. main treatments comprised crop geometry viz., M1- 15...

Problems related to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), specially the use of protective gloves for the manual sugar cane cutting, motivated this research, made possible by a tripartite negotiation involving the Ministry of Labor, the Union of Rural Workers and the Employer's Association of sugarcane agribusiness. The main objective was to evaluate, from an ergonomics perspective, th...

Naturally occurring bacterial endophytes were isolated from the stalks of six different sugarcane varieties. The highest numbers of bacterial populations were isolated from variety N12 and this variety was used for further investigations. Xylem sap as well as crushed cane sap was used for isolations, but no differences were observed between the type and numbers of species isolated. Endophytic b...

Interpretation of sugarcane field records can bc greatly improved by linking them to a Geographic Information System database, which allows trends to be mapped and queries to be performed. Linking a Geographic Information System to a crop or irrigation model allows simulation of crop yield and irrigation water use efficiency for each field, based on ficld informatton. The Arcview Geographic Inf...

Genetic engineering offers an attractive alternative in sugarcane breeding for increasing cane and sugar yields as well as disease and insect resistance. Bar transgenic sugarcane employing the herbicide tolerance is a useful agronomical trait in weed control. In this study, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid detection of the bar gene in transgenic sugarcane has been...

Sugarcane production relies on the application of large amounts of nitrogen (N) fertilizer. However, application of N in excess of crop needs can lead to loss of N to the environment, which can negatively impact ecosystems. This is of particular concern in Australia where the majority of sugarcane is grown within catchments that drain directly into the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef M...

Results from nine experiments to test the effects of ripping or chiselling the interrow of irrigated ratoon cane grown on five Swaziland lowveld soils are reported. There were no statistically significant yield benefits from the treatments and in one experiment, deep ripping resulted in a statistically significant yield reduction.

need to estimate transport requirements, a ripening and cutComputer simulation models such as CANEGRO have proting programme, and an operations budget. Any improvement in the accuracy of the estimating process would aid gressed to the point where they are being used with some these decisions. confidence to address strategic production issues in the Swaziland sugar industry, e.g. benchmarking yi...