Different soil management systems can change the sugarcane yield and quality parameters for sugar/ethanol production. The objective of this study was to evaluate effects subsoiling on inter-row ratoons after second harvest productivity technological quality. Productivity estimated in tonnes per hectare (TSH), were apparent sucrose percentage (Pol) total sugar recoverable (TRS). measured hectare...

Infield to zone transportation with agricultural tractor-trailer units may incur costs of up to nine times those of long distance truck-tractor units. This necessitates the implementation of an optimal cane extraction road network. This paper describes formulas derived to evaluate whether the construction of additional roads and loading zones could enhance a farm’s profitability. The formulas w...

The addition of agricultural by-products to mineral soils has the potential improve crop production. This study aimed determine effects readily available sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) milling by-product bagasse as a soil amendment on yields grown sandy Entisol South Florida. field trial was conducted commercial farm for three annual cycles (plant cane and two ratoons). Four treatments inclu...

Anhydrous ammonia has higher concentrations of nitrogen (82% N) than urea (46% N), is usually more economical, has lower labour requirements for application and is less prone to volatilisation. It has also been shown that ammonia has nematicidal properties. It would be of great benefit to the sugar industry if anhydrous ammonia could be applied as both a fertiliser and as a nematicide for the s...

Evapotranspiration (E,) was estimated for plant, first ratoon and second ratoon crops in a sugarcane field by means of the water balance in a large plastic-lined lysimeter (405 m2) and three small weighed lysimeters (each 3,71 m2). For the first 230 days of the plant crop of the experiment the mean daily estimates of E , from the large and small lysimeters were 4,14 mm and 4,16 mm respectively....

Sorghum is a grain plant that source of food, biofuel and feed, which can be produced using the techniques ratoon cultivation. The objective this study to assess nutrition content, performance four sorghum genotypes vegetative characteristics ratoon. research was carried out from December 2020 July 2021 at Ciawi Research Garden, Livestock Institute. employed treatments (genotype) three replicat...

The funnel ant, Aphaenogarter pyllzia Forel, infests several hundreds of acres in each of the mill areas of Mossman, Rambledon, Mulgrave and Tully, is present to a lesser extent in the Innisfail, Ingham, Proserpine and Mackay districts and has been recorded in a few minor infestations at Bundaberg. In the first-named four areas, each year a few farms are added t o the list of those known to be ...

Harvesting green sugarcane with chopper harvesters results in up to 24 Mg/ha of post-harvest residue. Soil microorganisms can decompose residues and offer numerous ecological and economical benefits to growers; however, the process is dependent on the biotic density, diversity and activity in the soil. Further, the decomposition process is unfavourably slow such that sugar yields are adversely ...