Breeding and sustainable crop management as the basis for competitiveness of sugar cane production in argentina

Source–sink relationships during early crop development influence earliness of sugar accumulation in sugarcane

“…In subtropical environments where sugarcane crops are frequently limited by the duration of the growing season, breeding efforts have to be oriented towards improvements in annual biomass production (Mariotti et al, 2006) and fast photoassimilate partitioning towards storage organs, i.e. sucrose accumulation in stems (Irvine, 1975;Lingle et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2013;Marchiori et al, 2014).…”

Stability and ratooning ability of some sugarcane genotypes under Upper-Egypt conditions

“…Sugarcane cropping system changed according to the specific conditions of each region or country, the level of farming advancement reflected the pragmatic skill of the growers, field administrators and agronomists in adapting the technologic under the influence and determination of environmental, economic and political factors. (e.g., Wilson et al, 1996;Mariotti et al, 2006) As has been supposed, the crop canopy will be defined by the combination of spacing, tillering model and leaves alignment. Due to management necessity and economic requirements, sugarcane plants are not showed in an ideal geometrical disposition in terms of light capture and even other resources.…”