Sugarcane is a cash crop that supports Pakistan's economy and food security. This paper presents a historical perspective of the sugarcane industry over the past 75 years, from Pakistan’s independence in 1947 to the present day.
The color of all types of sugar, including sugar from sugarcane and beet sugar, tends to increase during storage between production and shipment, and is influenced by sugar characteristics, storage conditions, and duration. This increase can be significant, impacting compliance with product specifications and the quantity of sugar available for sale
A modern sugar complex with a crushing capacity of 7500 t cane/d with a steam demand of 26% on cane and steam consumption (260 kg of steam/t of cane) to save bagasse. The purpose of bagasse saving was to utilize it for paper production.
Sugarcane is a major crop used to produce sugar, ethanol, and energy. Given its importance, plant-breeding programs worldwide focus on selecting varieties with higher biomass and sucrose yield, as well as resistance to major diseases. Selection is generally based on phenotypic information.
Accurate estimation of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is essential for sustainable water management. This study was conducted from 2022 to 2024 in the Cauca River Valley of Colombia, over one sugarcane growing cycle, using Sentinel-2 satellite images to estimate ETa with the SAFER (Simple Algorithm for Evapotranspiration Retrieving) model.
Sugarcane juice is composed of sugars, water, and different soluble and insoluble substances known as non-sugar compounds. Both sugar and non-sugar compounds are crucial in the factory because they are responsible for adverse effects on the quality and recovery of sucrose.
Current fertiliser nitrogen (N) recommendations aim to provide near maximum yields, rather than optimal revenue returns. However, recent surges in fertiliser prices resulted in many growers seeking short-term advice on reducing N-rates without compromising profitability.
Genomic selection (GS) is a promising breeding tool for improving the efficiency of complex trait breeding. The prediction accuracy of genomic breeding values was assessed across populations at different stages of the Sugarcane Breeding Program at the Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (SCBP-EEAOC).
Since mechanised harvesting of sugarcane became established in the 1970s, farmers, manufacturers and researchers have been attempting to improve harvester performance and optimise harvest efficiency. The move to green-cane harvesting and the introduction of pneumatic extractor systems on sugarcane harvesters both increased cane loss significantly.
This study explores a sustainable approach to mitigate the ongoing energy crisis and reducing fossil fuel dependency by focusing on biomass gasification and pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse. The thermal degradation behavior of sugarcane bagasse was analyzed using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), incorporating pure commercial compounds (Na₂O, MgO, CaO, KH₂PO₄) and dried vinasse (CzVz), a byproduct of ethanol distillation.