Sustainable Sugarcane Production

<p>The sugarcane crop one of the most important crops commercially grown in about 115 countries of the world faces a number of problems such as low cane productivity biotic and abiotic stresses high cost of cultivation postharvest losses and low sugar recovery. This volume addresses these issues and provides a comprehensive account of the major advancements in sugarcane research. The book is compilation of recent achievements in sugarcane development and cultivation. It covers a number of improvements made in cane and sugar yield using both conventional and new biotechnological approaches by agricultural scientists and researchers.</p><p></p><p>The comprehensive coverage includes sustainable sugarcane cultivation development and management of sugarcane production covering farming and biotechnology entomology pathology breeding physiology biotechnology agronomy seed production and more. It also presents research on modern crop production methods in a comprehensive and easily understood manner.</p><p></p><p>With chapters from expert researchers from internationally renowned institutes (primarily in India) the volume presents the latest information from the literature at the international level to make it usable to many agroecological regions of the world. It will be a valuable resource for agronomists breeders plant physiologists farmers and students of agricultural sciences. </p>