The cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops is regulated and approval is required from a relevant competent authority prior to their commercial release. Regulators are interested in the potential harms to both humans and the wider environment. Cultivars of crop...
Profitability in the sugarcane industry is measured on cane yield (TCH) and sucrose content (CCS), with improved profit margins with every extra year of ratoon growth. A major component for the success of a ratoon crop is the recruitment of basal stem buds and growth...
ROOT SYSTEMS ARE essential for crop productivity due to their role in nutrient and water uptake, stool anchorage, ratoon vigour and interaction with soil microbes. Unfortunately the opaque and solid nature of the soil has always been a major limitation for the study...
The dry matter content of the sugarcane stalk consists of soluble sugars and insoluble fibre. Although the fibre content of Saccharum officinarum is typically low, with the introgression of S. spontaneum a wider range of fibre characteristics can be identified in...
