Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management

1. Front Matter

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2. The Origins of Sugar Cane

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   Pages 1-2

3. The Morphology of the Sugar Cane Plant

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   Pages 3-8

4. The Development of the Sugar Cane Plant

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   Pages 9-25

5. The Growth of Sugar Cane

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6. Chemical Composition of the Cane Plant

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7. Sugar Cane Ripening

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8. Environmental Aspects

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   Pages 81-86

9. Soil Development

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10. The Properties of Soils

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    Pages 95-105

11. Soil Moisture

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    Pages 107-119

12. Plant and Soil Moisture

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    Pages 121-136

13. Sugar Cane Production

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    Pages 137-166

14. Sugar Cane Production Technology

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    Pages 167-218

15. Harvest and Transport

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    Pages 219-235

16. Cane Flowering

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    Pages 237-238

17. Weeds

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    Pages 239-245

18. Diseases of Sugar Cane

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    Pages 247-266

19. Pests of Sugar Cane

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    Pages 267-283

20. Agricultural Materials

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    Pages 285-298

This volume is intended for reference by the commercial sugar cane grower. Disciplines are covered for the successful production of a sugar cane crop. A number of good books exist on field practices related to the growing of sugar cane. Two examples are R.P. Humbert's The Growing of Sugar Cane and Alex G. Alexander's Sugarcane Physiology. Volumes of technical papers, produced regularly by the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, are also a source of reference. Perhaps foremost, local associations, such as the South African Sugar Technologists' Association, do excellent work in this regard. In my forty-five years of experience with the day-to-day problems of producing a satisfactory crop of sugar cane, deciding what should be done to produce such a crop was not straightforward. Although the literature dealing with specific subjects is extensive, I tried to consolidate some of the material to provide the man in the field with information, or an overview of the subject matter.

• development
• growth
• management
• morphology
• production
• transport

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