Sugarcane at a Glance
Contents: 1. Sugarcane. 2. Terminology used and latest topics in sugarcane. 3. Germination/sprouting. 4. Seed cane. 5. Planting sugarcane. 6. Sucrose. 7. Photosynthesis. 8. Tillering. 9. Growth. 10. Flowering. 11. Nutrients. 12. Soil. 13. Water and irrigation. 14. Trash mulching. 15. Diversification of sugarcane-based cropping. 16. Weed control. 17. Sugarcane varieties. 18. Tissue culture. 19. Abiotic stresses. 20. Allelopathy. 21. Yield decline/varietal deterioration. 22. Diseases. 23. Insect-pests. 24. Ratoon crops. 25. Lodging. 26. Pollution. 27. Ripening. 28. Post-harvest deterioration and over-stands. 29. Biotechnology. 30. Mechanisation. 31. Composition of sugarcane and related products. 32. Constraints to productivity. 33. Diagnosis in sugarcane. 34. New developments in the sugar industry. 35. Jaggery/Gur. 36. Sugarbeet. 37. Some renowned organisations related to sugar and sugarcane. 38. Sugarcane development. 39. Proper time of application of treatments. 40. Alcohol. 41. Two sugar producing giants-Brazil and India, compared. 42. Books and journals. 43. Calculations used in day-to-day working. Appendices. Subject index.
"The present informative compendium attempts to provide general information about sugar, sugarcane crops, national and international scenario of sugarcane, its growth, development, terminology used with this crop, ripening, juice quality, staling, milling, sugarcane varieties, pests and diseases affecting sugarcane constraints to sugarcane productivity, new equipments and process technologies developed, how to make and effective development plan for a sugar mill area, sugar organisation at the national and international levels, some of the important books related to sugarcane, sugar and sugar analysis, etc.
This informative book which is based on interaction of the author with sugarcane development workers, scientists, some sugarcane farmers will be of interest equally to the researchers, development workers, elite farmers, planners and all others interested with sugarcane and sugar, per se."
