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Optimizing sugarcane yield through seasonal planting strategies: a field study in sub-tropical conditions

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

This study evaluates the impact of different planting seasons on the yield, growth, and juice quality of four sugarcane varieties under sub-tropical conditions. A three-year field experiment (2020–2023) was conducted at the U.P. Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahanpur, India, using a split-plot design with three replications.

Post-release trials, a strategy to speed up varietal adoption in San Carlos Sugar Mill, Ecuador

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

The Sugarcane Research Center of Ecuador (CINCAE) began its activities in 1997 and released the first variety (ECU-01) in 2007. To date, it has released ten varieties that are being planted extensively in Ecuador. Having more varietal options for planting transformed into a new scenario for the Ecuadorian sugar industry, where for many years a single variety (Ragnar) was planted, reaching more than 90% of the total area.

Potential for the use of machine learning in sugarcane production in Thailand: a review

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

Even though sugarcane is a major agricultural crop in Thailand, Thai sugarcane growers have recently endured high production costs with reduced income. For this reason, there have been many studies to assist farmers to achieve greater efficiencies on-farm. Recently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and machine learning (ML) have been introduced into agriculture.

Relationship between sugarcane area zoning by production levels and soil fertility in Tucumán province, Argentina, using geotechnologies

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

Soil fertility maps enable the detection of areas with different nutrient levels, and identifying environments with varying production levels contributes to zoning and the management of practices that allow for the differential treatment of each zone.

Scientific and participatory research strategies towards better sugarcane quality management in South Africa

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

The wide diversity in growing conditions and sugarcane varieties complicates cane-quality management in South Africa. Due to the importance of high cane quality towards the economic sustainability of sugarcane farming, the South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) invests in scientific and participatory research that aims to enable and promote judicious cane quality management by farmers.

Sectoral collaboration for technological sustainability: The GNSS RTK network in the sugar agro-industry

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

Precision agriculture has transformed the agricultural sector, especially in sugarcane farming, by increasing its efficiency and productivity using self-guided machinery, RTK drones, and robots, However, factors such as uncontrolled traffic, diversity of machinery brands, and differences in instrumentation among machines, alongside with the high cost of RTK mobile stations and the lack of standardization in correction signals, have hindered a widespread adoption of this technology.

Site-specific nitrogen management through measuring soil nitrogen to maximize yield response in sugarcane

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

Experiments to measure the response of sugarcane varieties to nitrogen (N), phosphorus, and potassium fertilization were used to define the differentiated response to N, explained mainly by the availability of N in the soil and the variety of sugarcane. In soils with greater available N, the response to mineral fertilizer was very reduced and vice versa.

Site-specific precision agriculture to improve production in sugarcane

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

At La Estrella sugar mill in Panama, site-specific precision agriculture is being used on some sugarcane blocks where production had declined rapidly by the second-ratoon harvest. The study area is about 150 ha at three sites within the plantation.

Soil bioindicators under contrasting sugarcane postharvest residue management systems

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

The global sugar industry is transitioning from pre-harvest burning of sugarcane fields to green harvesting, a sustainable alternative with multiple benefits. In a study conducted in 2011 in Simoca, Tucumán, Argentina on the variety LCP 85-384, the impact of burning (BR) and conservation as cover (CR) of the sugarcane harvest residue (HR) on different populations of soil microorganisms and on some key enzymatic activities was evaluated.

Soil-health status and evaluating the use of soil-health promoters to improve sugarcane productivity in Mauritius

Last Updated: junio 11, 2025

Mauritius has been experiencing a yield decline in its sugarcane productivity since late 1980s; a gradual loss in soil health was reported as one of the major causes in 2008. Despite some positive results obtained from remedial actions through the development of new cropping systems, yield decline has not been fully mitigated.