Sugarcane production

Sugarcane diffusion process, 23 450 GA3 use in, 13 34-35 Sugarcane production, 23 436 Sugarcane stalks, 23 446 Sugarcane variety breeding programs, 23 445... 

Selective herbicides are relatively recent developments in the 5000-year history of sugarcane production. After 1945, when phenoxy herbicides were first sold, one person using 2,4-D in a backpack sprayer could accomplish the work of 15 others using hoes and with far more lasting results than simply severing weeds with a steel tool at the soil surface. While three herbicide families (triazines, phenoxys, and dinitroanilines) are of major importance in sugarcane production, the triazines, atrazine and ametryn clearly predominate. 

Sugarcane production (15 leading countries) Production area (1000 ha) Sugarcane yield (metric tons/ha)... 

A steel blade on a stick offered durability and was a great advancement for both labor and management. Early hoes were forged by plantation blacksmiths or local artisans and were sometimes crafted to the worker s preference. Hand hoeing is seldom used in US sugarcane production. Independent of the costs, the hard work of hoeing, management... 

Table 15.2 Summary of herbicide use in US sugarcane production in 2003-2005a...

Since the 1960s, three triazine compounds have been particularly important in the sugarcane industry. These include simazine, atrazine, and ametryn. The strategic and tactical importance of the triazines in sugarcane production cannot... 

Lowndes, A.G. (1956). South Pacific Enterprise The Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Sydney, Australia Angus Robertson, 500 pp. Matheme, RJ. (1974). The effect of number of cultivations on sugarcane production in Louisiana. Proc. Am. Soc. Sugarcane Technol., 46 109-112. 

Brazilian sugarcane production was 300 million (metric) tonnes in the 1999/00-harvesting season. Sugar and alcohol production was 19 million metric tormes and 12.7 billion litters respectively. In SSo Paulo State, cane production was 194 million metric tonnes, corresponding to 13 million metric tonnes of sugar and 8.5 billion litters of alcohol. These figures show the important role played by Sao Paulo State in this agribusiness sector. 

Rums are a distinctive beverage of this class in that they consist of the distillate from fermented molasses or other solution of sugarcane juice origin. So-called light or heavy rums are obtained depending on the type of sugarcane product that is fermented and the details of the distillation and maturation process used. 

Martin, L.E Sugarcane Products Division, Southern Regional Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana (6, 1)... 

Sugarcane Products Division, Southern Regional Research Laboratory, New Orleans, La. 

The distinction between the isotopic compositions of n-alkanes from land-plants having different metabolic pathways has been used by Bird et al. (1995) to trace the history of changes in the amounts of C3 and C4 plants in the watershed of the Johnstone River, northern Queensland, Australia. Clearing of the original forests for sugarcane production and pastures is recorded in a +3%o shift in the values of n-alkanes isolated from river sediments deposited since the late 18(X) s. A smaller shift of + l%o that occurs in sediments... 

There exists a significant amount of available arable land now occupied by low-grade pastures that could be used for sugarcane production if market demand increased. This capacity could allow for the rapid growth of PHB production to cope with the market needs, should the demand for biodegradable resins match the projections. 

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