Agronomy
Evaluation of water quality for irrigation in sugarcane
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025In Colombia’s Cauca River valley, sugarcane is mainly grown in dry to semi-dry environment, making irrigation necessary to avoid water stress that reduces crop productivity. This study evaluated the effects of four different sources of water for irrigation (river water, well water, non-treated water from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and treated water from WWTPs) on sugarcane productivity and the concentration of nutrients and heavy metals in both the soil and the crop.
Fertilization Advisory System (SEF 3.0) by Cenicaña: a holistic tool for efficient management of fertilizers
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Soil fertilization is the most significant cost in sugarcane cultivation in Colombia. Current fertilization plans typically rely on sufficiency criteria, neglecting factors such as variety-specific nutrient uptake, field productivity potential, and soil bulk density. Furthermore, fertilizer sources are often selected empirically, without considering their interactions with soil pH, texture, or environmental conditions. Soil fertilization is the most significant cost in sugarcane cultivation in Colombia. Current fertilization plans typically rely on sufficiency criteria, neglecting factors such as variety-specific nutrient uptake, field productivity potential, and soil bulk density. Furthermore, fertilizer sources are often selected empirically, without considering their interactions with soil pH, texture, or environmental conditions.
Foliar application of boron and molybdenum on growth and sucrose accumulation in sugarcane variety CC 05-430 in the Cauca River Valley, Colombia
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The impact of foliar-applied boron and molybdenum on the growth, development, and sucrose accumulation of sugarcane variety CC 05-430 was evaluated. The experiment was arranged as a randomized complete-block design with two treatments and five replicates of boron (560 and 700 g ha⁻¹) in combination with molybdenum (8 and 10 g ha⁻¹) applied 210 days after the previous harvest.
Good experimental practices in weed research at eRcane: organization and results
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025eRcane, based in Réunion, is a key player in the global sugarcane sector. Its unit dedicated to herbicide testing has been approved as "Good Experimental Practice" (GEP) since 2014. This approval issued by the state attests to the rigor of its "officially recognized tests” to acquire reliable and comparable data.
Impact of pre-harvest burning on the carbon footprint of sugarcane produced in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025The state of São Paulo, the largest sugarcane producer in Brazil, implements a no-burn pre-harvest technique in 97% of its cultivated areas. However, climate change has intensified droughts, leading to an increase in accidental fires in both natural and agricultural areas, including sugarcane fields
Increase in millable biomass through foliar application of gibberellic acid, seaweed, and amino acids in sugarcane
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Sugarcane productivity can be enhanced using foliar application of plant hormones and biostimulants. Field studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of application of a combination of gibberellic acid (GA3) with the biostimulants seaweed and amino acids on growth and productivity of sugarcane varieties (CC 01-1940 and CC 11-600).
Integrating companion leguminous crops in ratoon sugarcane production in Mauritius
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Sugarcane production is often impaired by factors related to loss of soil fertility and severe weed infestations, causing high usage of N fertilizers and herbicides, respectively. Integrating leguminous crops in sugarcane as fallow-breaks was identified as one of the pillars of new cropping systems to mitigate the general yield decline observed in the Mauritian sugar industry since the 1990s. Sugarcane production is often impaired by factors related to loss of soil fertility and severe weed infestations, causing high usage of N fertilizers and herbicides, respectively. Integrating leguminous crops in sugarcane as fallow-breaks was identified as one of the pillars of new cropping systems to mitigate the general yield decline observed in the Mauritian sugar industry since the 1990s.
Integrating energycane on marginal lands in sugarcane production systems in Florida
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Energycane, or high-fiber sugarcane (Saccharum hybrids), is recognized as a dedicated feedstock for lignocellulosic ethanol production. The biomass yield, quality, and ecosystem services of an improved energycane genotype (UFCP 84-1047) were evaluated by integrating it into the existing sugarcane-sweetcorn planting system using integrated landscape management (ILM).
Intensive use of varietal diversity for managing gaps in sugarcane: attempts and perspectives
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025Some abiotic/biotic stress in sugarcane is heterogeneous and varies in a large field during its long growing period among seasons. The negative effects of mechanized harvesting by pulling plants or driving on the rows depend on the operator’s skill and the degree of lodging.
Optimization of phosphorus management in sugarcane in Tucumán, Argentina: results in plant cane and first ratoon
Last Updated: junio 11, 2025In sugarcane, insufficient levels of available P result in reduced yields and ratoon longevity. Approximately 20% of Tucumán sugarcane area soils shows P deficiency. Traditionally, P fertilizers are applied in a single high dose at planting. Recommended P doses were established following sufficiency criteria and range between 20 and 35 kg of P2O5/ha/year depending on soil P levels and expected yield.