A field experiment was conducted during 2003/2004 to determine the effect of different cane portions/cuttings on per cent sprouting, subsequent growth and cane yield of sugarcane variety N-14. The trial was executed on a sandy soil at WonjiShoa Sugarcane Plantation. The experiment was laid in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications and five treatments comprising setts fro...

Nitrogen fixation associated with sugarcane was monitored ushg acetylene reducti,on tests and bacteriological techniques. Soil cores and trash from cane fields showed acetylene reducing activity. This activity was usually low in association with sandy soils. Where high activity was detected in soil cores it correlat~d with the wet weight of roots in each core. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria resemblin...

Estimating crop yield using remote sensing techniques has proven to be successful. However, sugarcane possesses unique characteristics; such as, a multi-year cropping cycle and plant height-limiting for midseason fertilizer application timing. Our study objective was to determine if sugarcane yield potential could be estimated using an in-season estimation of normalized difference vegetative in...

The potentials of three renewable biomass types as 'Green Power' alternatives for sugarcane milling were evaluated: (1) baled sugarcane trash, (2) high-yielding perennial grass (ie, Napier grass), and (3) fast-growing tree species. The data shows that approximately 5.9% of energy used for boilers in sugar processing, provided by 365,000 barrels of imported bunker oil, can be displaced by 246,00...

Sugarcane bagasse contains cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose, 39-42%, 20-25% and 25-27% respectively. So it is can be used as a sugar source in many processes. Lignin and hemicellulose must be removed before hydrolysis of cellulose. Several different pretreatment approaches have been studied. The purpose of this research is comparison of acid, ozone and combination of ozone-acid as pretreatme...

the aim of this research was optimization of refining of raw sugarcane juice using bentonite for production of natural liquid sugar or cane honey. non-sugar substances of raw sugarcan juice contains: colorants, polysaccharides, gums, proteins, etc that affect on efficiency and quality of the final product and should remove from raw sugarcane juice. gelatin is a protein which is used as an aid c...

difficult to maintain desired water tables after normal rainfalls. Sugarcane (interspecific hybrids of Saccharum spp.) in the EverA second factor that has complicated EAA drainage glades Agricultural Area (EAA) in Florida is frequently subjected to periods of higher-than-desired water levels. This study was conis the need to decrease P discharge to the Everglades. ducted to evaluate yields of n...

Sugarcane bagasse contains cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose, 39-42%, 20-25% and 25-27% respectively. So it is can be used as a sugar source in many processes. Lignin and hemicellulose must be removed before hydrolysis of cellulose. Several different pretreatment approaches have been studied. The purpose of this research is comparison of acid, ozone and combination of ozone-acid as pretreatme...

A survey conducted from May 1995 through August 1998 revealed diverse nematode communities in Louisiana sugarcane fields. High populations of Mesocriconema, Paratrichodorus, Pratylenchus, and Tylenchorhynchus were widespread in nine sugarcane production parishes. Comparisons of plant cane and ratoon sugarcane crops indicated that nematode community levels increase significantly in successive ra...