"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
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
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.
Part 1 Cultivation techniques
1.The development of sugarcane cultivation: Louis Jean Claude
Autrey, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT),
Mauritius; Salem Saumtally and Asha Dookun-Saumtally, Mauritius
Sugarcane Industry Research Institute (MSIRI), Mauritius;
2.Crop modelling to support sustainable sugarcane cultivation:
Abraham Singels, University of Kwazulu-Natal and University of
Pretoria, South Africa;
3.The Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative: Biksham Gujja and U. S.
Natarajan, AgSri Agricultural Services Pvt. Ltd., India; and Norman
Uphoff, Cornell University, USA;
4.Good planting and cultivation practices in sugarcane production:
Bernard L. Schroeder, University of Southern Queensland, Australia;
Andrew W. Wood, Tanglewood Agricultural Services, Australia; David
V. Calcino and Danielle M. Skocaj, Sugar Research Australia
Limited, Australia; Alan P. Hurney, Edmonton, Australia; and Peter
G. Allsopp, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Australia; 5.Improving soil
management in sugarcane cultivation: Paul White and Richard
Johnson, Sugar Research Unit– USDA-ARS, USA;
6.Improving nutrient management in sugarcane cultivation: Gaspar H.
Korndörfer, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil;
7.Advances in sugarcane irrigation for optimisation of water
supply: Jean-Louis Chopart, AGERconsult, France (Section 3.2
contributed by M. T. Sall, B. Ahondokpe, and G. Walter, Senegalese
Sugar Company, Senegal);
8.Best management practices for maintaining water quality in
sugarcane cultivation: Jehangir H. Bhadha, University of Florida,
USA; and Bernard L. Schroeder,
University of Southern Queensland, Australia;
9.Precision agriculture and sugarcane production – a case study
from the Burdekin region of Australia: R. G. V. Bramley, CSIRO,
Australia; T. A. Jensen, University of Southern Queensland,
Australia; A. J. Webster, CSIRO, Australia; and A. J. Robson,
University of New England, Australia;
10.Advances in harvesting and transport of sugarcane: Rianto van
Antwerpen, South African Sugarcane Research Institute and
University of the Free State, South Africa; Philipus Daniel Riekert
van Heerden,, South African Sugarcane Research Institute and
University of Pretoria, South Africa; Peter Tweddle, South African
Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa; Ronald Ng Cheong and
Vivian Rivière, Mauritius Sugarcane Industry Research Institute
(MSIRI), Mauritius;
11.Cultivating sugarcane for use in bioenergy applications: key
issues: Hardev S. Sandhu, University of Florida, USA;
Part 2 Quality and sustainability
12.Analyzing the processing quality of sugarcane: Charley Richard,
Sugar Processing Research Institute and the New York Sugar Trade
Laboratory, USA;
13.Predicting the effect of climate change on sugarcane
cultivation: Fábio R. Marin, University of São Paulo (USP) - Luiz
de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Brazil; Daniel S. P.
Nassif, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil; and Leandro G.
Costa, Murilo S. Vianna, Kassio Carvalho and Pedro R. Pereira,
University of São Paulo (USP) - Luiz de Queiroz College of
Agriculture (ESALQ), Brazil;
14.Mitigating the impact of environmental, social and economic
issues on sugar cane cultivation to achieve sustainability: Kathy
Hurly and Richard Nicholson, SA Canegrowers, South Africa; Carolyn
Baker and Michelle Binedell, South African Sugarcane Research
Institute, South Africa; Vaughan Koopman, WWF-SA, South Africa;
Graeme Leslie, Consultant Entomologist, South Africa; Geoff Maher,
Zambia Sugar, Zambia; and Scott Pryor, North Dakota State
University, USA
15.Sugarcane as a renewable resource for sustainable futures:
Francis X. Johnson, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
"Although there have been a number of books published on sugarcane production, none are current enough to capture more recent scientific results and none of those texts address the problems of achieving sustainability of sugarcane production. The proposed content and contributing scientists are excellent choices for producing a text that will be highly relevant for sugarcane scientist, students and producers." Dr Paul H. Moore, Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, USA; co-editor of Sugarcane: Physiology, Biochemistry and Functional Biology
Dr Philippe Rott is Professor of Plant Pathology in the Everglades Research and Education Center at the University of Florida. He previously conducted research at CIRAD (the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development) for over three decades. Professor Rott is currently Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologists. He has written widely on sugarcane diseases. Dr Troy Jensen is Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow (Precision Agriculture) at the Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has also been developing innovative market entry solutions to precision spot spraying and providing technologies to monitor crops at a very fine spatial and temporal scale, along with using his extensive agricultural experience to provide valuable post graduate student supervision.
"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
![]() |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
![]() |