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Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Prof. Philippe Rott | Dr Louis Jean Claude Autrey | Salem Saumtally | Asha Dookun-Saumtally | Dr Abraham Singels | Dr Biksham Gujja | U. S. Natarajan | Prof. Norman Uphoff | Prof. Bernard L. Schroeder | Andrew W. Wood | David V. Calcino | Danielle M. Skocaj | Alan P. Hurney | Peter G. Allsopp | Paul White | Dr Richard Johnson | Prof. Gaspar Korndörfer | Dr Jean-Louis Chopart | M. T. Sall | B. Ahondokpe | G. Walter | Dr Jehangir H. Bhadha | Dr R. G. V. Bramley | T. A. Jensen | A. J. Webster | A. J. Robson | Dr Rianto van Antwerpen | Philipus Daniel Riekert van Heerden | Peter Tweddle | Ronald Ng Cheong | Vivian Rivière | Dr Hardev S. Sandhu | Dr Charley Richard | Dr Fábio R. Marin | Daniel S. P. Nassif | Leandro G. Costa | Murilo S. Vianna | Kassio Carvalho | Pedro R. Pereira | Dr Kathy Hurly | Richard Nicholson | Carolyn Baker | Michelle Binedell | Vaughan Koopman | Graeme Leslie | Geoff Maher | Scott Pryor | Dr Francis X. Johnson | Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal | Anne Nyambane
(2017)
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Abstract
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen as damaging biodiversity and soil health with a negative effect on both yields and the environment. This volume summarises the wealth of research addressing these challenges.
Volume 1 reviews cultivation techniques and sustainability issues. Part 1 summarises current best practice in sugarcane cultivation across the value chain, from planting through to post-harvest operations. Part 2 looks at ways of measuring the environmental impact of sugarcane cultivation as well as ways of supporting smallholders.
With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for sugarcane scientists, growers, government and non-governmental agencies responsible for supporting and monitoring the impact of sugarcane cultivation. It is accompanied by a companion volume reviewing breeding, pest and disease management.
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen as damaging biodiversity and soil health with a negative effect on both yields and the environment. This volume summarises the wealth of research addressing these challenges.
Volume 1 reviews cultivation techniques and sustainability issues. Part 1 summarises current best practice in sugarcane cultivation across the value chain, from planting through to post-harvest operations. Part 2 looks at ways of measuring the environmental impact of sugarcane cultivation as well as ways of supporting smallholders.
With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors, this will be a standard reference for sugarcane scientists, growers, government and non-governmental agencies responsible for supporting and monitoring the impact of sugarcane cultivation. It is accompanied by a companion volume reviewing breeding, pest and disease management.
"In this timely publication, Dr Rott has sourced contributions from scientists working on cane throughout the tropics…Richly referenced, this is both an informed and informative book that is well written. It will appeal to both researchers and cane growers."
International Sugar Journal/Agribusiness intelligence
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | v | ||
| Series list | x | ||
| Acknowledgements | xiv | ||
| Introduction | xvi | ||
| Part 1 Cultivation techniques | xvi | ||
| Part 2 Quality and sustainability | xviii | ||
| Part 1 Cultivation techniques | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 The development of sugarcane cultivation | 3 | ||
| 1 History of sugarcane | 2 | ||
| 2 Sugarcane species | 4 | ||
| 3 Description of the sugarcane plant | 5 | ||
| 4 Sugarcane breeding | 7 | ||
| 5 Agronomic practices in sugarcane | 9 | ||
| 6 Sugarcane milling | 10 | ||
| 7 Sugarcane cultivated today | 12 | ||
| 8 Future trends and conclusion | 14 | ||
| 9 Where to look for further information | 17 | ||
| 10 Acknowledgement | 18 | ||
| 11 References | 18 | ||
| Chapter 2 Crop modelling to support sustainable sugarcane cultivation | 21 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 22 | ||
| 2 Strategic applications of crop modelling | 22 | ||
| 3 Operational applications of crop modelling | 27 | ||
| 4 Improved adoption of crop modelling | 33 | ||
| 5 Conclusions and future trends | 37 | ||
| 6 Where to look for further information | 38 | ||
| 7 References | 38 | ||
| Chapter 3 The Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative | 45 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 46 | ||
| 2 Origins of the Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) | 47 | ||
| 3 Basic principles of SSI | 52 | ||
| 4 Tillering architecture and SSI | 56 | ||
| 5 Field trials of SSI in India | 58 | ||
| 6 Overview of Indian experience | 66 | ||
| 7 SSI in Africa and Latin America | 67 | ||
| 8 Future trends and conclusion | 70 | ||
| 9 Where to look for further information | 73 | ||
| 10 References | 73 | ||
| Chapter 4 Good planting and cultivation practices in sugarcane production | 77 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 78 | ||
| 2 A philosophy of BMP | 79 | ||
| 3 The need for best practice crop establishment | 79 | ||
| 4 Planning for the next sugarcane crop cycle | 79 | ||
| 5 Implementing the crop establishment plan | 81 | ||
| 6 Residue management, rectification and soil amelioration activities | 83 | ||
| 7 Fallow and sugarcane-planting strategies | 85 | ||
| 8 Cultivation practices and weed control | 90 | ||
| 9 Irrigation | 90 | ||
| 10 Conclusion | 91 | ||
| 11 Acknowledgements | 92 | ||
| 12 References | 92 | ||
| Chapter 5 Improving soil management in sugarcane cultivation | 97 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 98 | ||
| 2 Water management | 99 | ||
| 3 Soil compaction | 101 | ||
| 4 Tillage | 102 | ||
| 5 Residue management | 103 | ||
| 6 Cover cropping | 106 | ||
| 7 Conclusion and future trends | 106 | ||
| 8 References | 107 | ||
| Chapter 6 Improving nutrient management \nin sugarcane cultivation | 111 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 112 | ||
| 2 Benefits of crop rotation, green manure \nand trash retention | 112 | ||
| 3 Cane fertilization: nitrogen | 115 | ||
| 4 Cane fertilization: other macronutrients | 118 | ||
| 5 Cane fertilization: micronutrients and silicon | 121 | ||
| 6 Use of residues from cane processing | 126 | ||
| 7 Foliar nutrition diagnosis | 131 | ||
| 8 Conclusion | 134 | ||
| 9 Where to look for further information | 134 | ||
| 10 References | 135 | ||
| Chapter 7 Advances in sugarcane irrigation for optimisation of water supply | 141 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 141 | ||
| 2 Optimising irrigation of sugarcane | 142 | ||
| 3 Case studies of sugarcane irrigation: \nRéunion Island and Senegal | 149 | ||
| 4 Research on improving irrigation efficiency | 157 | ||
| 5 Future trends and conclusion | 158 | ||
| 6 Where to look for further information | 159 | ||
| 7 Abbreviations | 159 | ||
| 8 References | 160 | ||
| Chapter 8 Best management practices for maintaining water quality in sugarcane cultivation | 163 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 163 | ||
| 2 Industry-driven BMPs | 164 | ||
| 3 SmartCane principles of BMP adopted by the Australian sugar industry | 167 | ||
| 4 Phosphorus reduction BMPs in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) of Florida, USA | 170 | ||
| 5 Sugarcane and nitrogen (N) cycling | 177 | ||
| 6 Future trends and conclusion | 181 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 182 | ||
| 8 Acknowledgements | 182 | ||
| 9 References | 182 | ||
| Chapter 9 Precision agriculture and sugarcane production – a case study from the Burdekin region of Australia | 185 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 185 | ||
| 2 Yield monitoring and mapping | 187 | ||
| 3 Remote and proximal sensing | 190 | ||
| 4 High-resolution soil survey and digital elevation modelling | 193 | ||
| 5 Data analysis and integration | 195 | ||
| 6 Opportunities for targeted management and the cost: benefit ratio of PA implementation | 195 | ||
| 7 Environmental imperatives | 196 | ||
| 8 Future prospects | 197 | ||
| 9 Conclusions | 198 | ||
| 10 Where to look for further information | 198 | ||
| 11 Acknowledgements | 198 | ||
| 12 References | 198 | ||
| Chapter 10 Advances in harvesting and transport of sugarcane | 203 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 203 | ||
| 2 Pre-harvest ripening of sugarcane | 205 | ||
| 3 Manual harvesting of sugarcane | 208 | ||
| 4 Mechanical harvesting of sugarcane | 216 | ||
| 5 Loading and transportation of sugarcane | 223 | ||
| 6 Conclusion | 227 | ||
| 7 Future trends | 228 | ||
| 8 Where to look for further information | 228 | ||
| 9 References | 229 | ||
| Chapter 11 Cultivating sugarcane for use in bioenergy applications: key issues | 235 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 236 | ||
| 2 Key issues and challenges in cultivating sugarcane for bioenergy applications | 237 | ||
| 3 Addressing the key challenges | 239 | ||
| 4 Case studies in how research can be used to improve cultivation in practice | 242 | ||
| 5 Future trends in research | 244 | ||
| 6 Concluding remarks | 245 | ||
| 7 References | 246 | ||
| Part 2 Quality and sustainability | 251 | ||
| Chapter 12 Analysing the processing quality of sugarcane | 253 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 254 | ||
| 2 Composition of the whole sugarcane plant | 254 | ||
| 3 Composition of sugarcane juice: sucrose, glucose and fructose | 256 | ||
| 4 Other constituents in cane juice | 260 | ||
| 5 Composition of sugarcane fibre and bagasse | 264 | ||
| 6 Variation in juice composition | 265 | ||
| 7 Production, harvesting and extraction | 268 | ||
| 8 Sugarcane quality and grower payments | 270 | ||
| 9 References | 273 | ||
| Chapter 13 Predicting the effect of climate change on sugarcane cultivation | 277 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 278 | ||
| 2 Sugarcane responses to change in temperature, rainfall and CO2 concentration | 278 | ||
| 3 Assessing the impacts of climate change on sugarcane growth and yield | 282 | ||
| 4 Brazilian biofuel strategy | 284 | ||
| 5 Summary | 285 | ||
| 6 Future trends in research | 285 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 286 | ||
| 8 References | 286 | ||
| Chapter 14 Mitigating the impact of environmental, social and economic issues on sugarcane cultivation to achieve sustainability | 291 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 292 | ||
| 2 Environmental impacts on sugarcane cultivation | 293 | ||
| 3 Economics of sustainable sugarcane cultivation | 297 | ||
| 4 Case study: mitigating negative environmental effects | 298 | ||
| 5 Small-scale grower (SSG) sustainable production | 302 | ||
| 6 Conclusion and future trends | 303 | ||
| 7 Where to look for further information | 303 | ||
| 8 References | 303 | ||
| Chapter 15 Sugarcane as a renewable resource for sustainable futures | 309 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 310 | ||
| 2 Sugarcane resources and co-products | 311 | ||
| 3 Sustainability for sugarcane-based biomass, bioenergy and biofuels | 317 | ||
| 4 Agricultural operations and land use | 321 | ||
| 5 Lifecycle performance and assessment | 323 | ||
| 6 A brief case study in Brazil | 326 | ||
| 7 Conclusion | 329 | ||
| 8 References | 329 | ||
| Index | 335 |