Sugarcane at a glance 1st Edition

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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 varieities, pests and diseases affecting sugarcane consstraints 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. I hope that this informative book which is based on interaction of the author with sugarcane development worker, 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.

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Dr. A K Srivastava an alumni of the Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalya, Hardwar and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Dr. Ashok K. Shrivastava is Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Plant Physiology & Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow. His researchy interests include production physiology, stress physiology, ripening, meneral nutrition and ratoon management in sugarcane. He has been the Vice President of the Indian Society for Plant Physiology for the year 2004. He is Editor of the Indian Journal of Sugarcane Technology publised by the Association of Sugarcane Technologists of India, Lucknow. He was deputed as an Expert on Sugarcane Production to Lao. Peoples' Democratic Republic in 1999. He also visited China in 2004.

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Sugar Terminology Used and Latest Topics in Sugarcane Germination/Sprouting Seed Cane Planting Sugarcane Sucrose Photosysnthesis Tillering Growth Flowering Nutrients Soil Water and Irrigatin Trash Mulching Diversification of Sugarcane-based Cropping System Weed Control Sugarcane Varieties Tissue Culture Abiotic Stresses Allelopathy Yield Decline/Varietal Deterioration Diseases Insect-Pests Rotoon Crops Lodging Pollution Ripening Post-harvest Deterioration and Over-stands Biotechnology Mechanisation Composition of Sugarcane and Related Products Constraints to Productivity Diagnosiis in Sugarcane New Developments in the Sugar Industry Jaggery / Gur Sugarbeet Some Renowned Organisations Related to Sugar and Sugarcane Sugarcane Development Proper Time of Application of Treatments Alcohol Two Sugar Prodcing Giants-Brazil and India, Compared Books and Journals Calculation used in Day-to-day Working