Opportunities in sugarcane agronomy to confront the new realities emerging in the 21st century: a review of the 2003 agronomy workshop
| MSI05P4124 | |
| Richard, E. P. Ng Kee Kwong, R. Korndorfer, G. H. Meyer, J. H. Kingston, G. Shine, J. M. | |
| Opportunities in sugarcane agronomy to confront the new realities emerging in the 21st century: a review of the 2003 agronomy workshop | |
| periodical article | |
| 2005 | |
| Proc. int. Soc. Sug. Cane Technol. | |
| 25 (2): 81-87 | |
| En | |
| En Fr Sp | |
| This paper summarises the activities of the ISSCT Agronomy Workshop held 21-25 July 2003, at the MSIRi in Reduit, Mauritius. Paper presentations were grouped under the general topic headings of: gree-cane harvesting and management of residues; innovative approaches to nutrient management; new/improved practices to increase cane and sugar yields;new/improved practices to increase cane biomass for the production of sugar/other products; moving toward a delicate balance among sugarcane production, natural resources utilisation, and environmental impacts and economics; and information technology in agronomic practices. Included in the 5-day workshop were field tours to view common agronomic practices in the Mauritian sugarcane industry. it was concluded that the continued elucidation of the sugarcane plant's response to nutrient levels, stress, and other variables and the integration of this knowledge with new electronic technologies to include their incorporation into decision support systems will result in input reductions and the sustained or higher sugar yields necessary to insure global profitability for the sugarcane industry in the 21st century. | |
| Sugarcane agronomy crop modelling decision support systems environment green cane harvesting nutrient management plant modelling precision agriculture | |
| Mauritius | |
| Sugarcane | |
| General | |
| 2005-02-14 | |
| en | |
| LIB | |
| CAT | |
| Chem |