Summary crop growth models are promising tools for assessing crop yield potentials, but it is necessary to indicate uncertainties in model calculations that result from simplifying assumptions and errors/uncertainties in model input data and parameter values. The present study attempts to do this for soil factors that affect the water balance of land-use systems with sugarcane (Saccharum spp. L...

Agriculturally important grasses such as rice, maize, and sugarcane are evolutionarily distant from Arabidopsis, yet some components of the floral induction process are highly conserved. Flowering in sugarcane is an important factor that negatively affects cane yield and reduces sugar/ethanol production from this important perennial bioenergy crop. Comparative studies have facilitated the ident...

Sugarcane clones were assessed for cane yield and quality traits in Advanced Varietal Trials I plant, II plant ratoon crops during 2019-21. Fifteen genotypes along with three standards evaluated using Randomized Block design replications at K. J. Somaiya Institute of Applied Agricultural Research (KIAAR), Sameerwadi, Karnataka. Data collected on eleven important contributing traits. Individual ...

The objectives of this study are (i) to develop the Recommended Technology Adoption Index (RTAI), and (ii) to determine the relationship between socio-economic characteristics of the farmers which affect the technology adoption level of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). The average technology adoption index of study area was 0.72 with minimum 0.46 and maximum of 0.89 and the correlation betwee...

Paraburkholderia tropica (syn Burkholderia tropica) are nitrogen-fixing bacteria commonly found in sugarcane. The Paraburkholderia tropica strain Ppe8 is part of the sugarcane inoculant consortium that has a beneficial effect on yield. Here, we report a draft genome sequence of this strain elucidating the mechanisms involved in its interaction mainly with Poaceae. A genome size of approximately...

Filter cake trials with sugarcane in pot and field experiments have shown large yield responses to treatment with filter cake. The first invaders of filter cake were found to be yeasts and bacteria (non-spore formers) which use the free sugars still available in the filter cake. The second invaders were several fungi which were able to attack the available fibrous matter in the filter cake. In ...