Sugarcane Development : Technological Interface Between Tradition and Modernity
Contents: Preface. 1. Sugarcane: tradition to modernity/Sarthak Chowdhury and Debabrata Das Gupta. 2. State of the art of sugarcane culture with special reference to West Bengal, India/Debabrata Das Gupta, Viswanathan Gomathy Amma Girish, Swapan Behari Mukhopadhyay and Mrinal Kanti Dasgupta. 3. Soil and climate for sugarcane/Goutam Kumar Ghosh, Subrata Mondal and Ganesh Chandra Malik. 4. Sugarcane biology/Ranjit Kumar Sarkar and Rambilash Mallick. 5. Sugarcane breeding and varieties/Paresh Chandra Kole. 6. Sugarcane physiology/Debasish Panda, Ganesh Chandra Malik and Dulal Chandra Ghosh. 7. Sugarcane agronomy/Gopal Chandra De. 8. Ratooning of sugarcane/Gopal Chandra De and Debabrata Das Gupta. 9. Water management in sugarcane/Binoy Kumar Saren and Prafulla Kumar Jana. 10. Integrated plant nutrient management on sugarcane/Bijan Kumar Mandal and Biplab Mitra. 11. Weed management in sugarcane/Sankar Prasad Bhattacharya and Sujoy Dutta. 12. Insect enemies of sugarcane and their management strategies/Sibani Sankar Ghatak. 13. Nematodes of sugarcane and their management/Ajoy Kumar Mukhopadhyay and K. Roy. 14. Sugarcane Pathology/Ranjan Nath. 15. Appropriate IPM in subtropical sugarcane in North India and its integration into appropriate integrated management system/Mrinal K. Dasgupta, Nakul C. Mandal, Kanchan Baral, Bikash R. Ray, Hari N. Roy, Taraknath Goswami, Dhananjoy Mandal, and Parthapratim Ghosh. 16. Postharvest technology of sugarcane/Prodyut Kumar Paul. 17. Sugar economy in India/Bidhan Chandra Roy. 18. Strategies for sugarcane development with emphasis on constraints analysis/Prabir Kumar Gangopadhyay and Debabrata Das Gupta. 19. Development perspective of sugarcane cultivation: a case study in West Bengal, India/Debabrata Das Gupta, Viswanathan Gomathy Amma Girish and Swapan Behari Mukhopadhyay. 20. Strategic aspects of sugarcane development/Debabrata Das Gupta. 21. Appendices/Debabrata Das Gupta. 22. Acronyms and abbreviations. Author index. Subject index.
"Vast body of literature establishes the fact that sugarcane has a deep root in Indian heritage. Standing on such strong base of tradition leading and governing Indian culture from time to time, growing sugarcane as an important cash crop has undergone a sea change through R&D activities. Such journey--\'move with the time\' gave birth a series of technologies of noble nature. India\'s total cane requirement as projected for 2025 AD is at around 625 mt against about 325 mt in 2006-07. This amply justifies to evolve an objective, practicable and comprehensive strategy for sugarcane development. Such development on holistic sense requires mix-up of rich tradition/culture with appropriate technological innovations.
This compendium is to be treated as a monograph, a treaty of the subject \'sugarcane\' from its various dimensions--covering the interface of technologies for blending tradition with modernity. It should be considered as a reference manual for students and scholars in agriculture, training and management centres like KVKs, ATCs and government departments, ICAR Institutes, cooperatives and NGOs."
