Sustainable Sugarcane Production

449 Pages·2018·37.61 MB·English

by  Priyanka Singh

SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE
PRODUCTION

SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE
PRODUCTION
Edited by
Priyanka Singh, PhD
Ajay Kumar Tiwari, PhD
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1. Sugarcane. 2. Sustainable agriculture. I. Tiwari, Ajay Kumar, editor II. Singh, Priyanka
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CONTENTS
About the Editors............................................................................................vii
List of Contributors .........................................................................................xi
List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................xv
Foreword .......................................................................................................xix
Preface ..........................................................................................................xxi
1. Farming Technologies for Sugarcane Production in Upland Fields ..........1
Yang-Rui Li, Xiu-Peng Song, Jian-Ming Wu, Chang-Ning Li,
Qiang Liang, Xi-Hui Liu, Wei-Zan Wang, Hong-Wei Tan,
and Li-Tao Yang
2. Headways in Agro-Techniques for Heightened Yield of Sugarcane:
Indian Perspective ........................................................................................17
A. K. Singh, Menhi Lal, and Ekta Singh
3. Sustainability and Efficiency of Sugarcane Cultivation in India .............77
G. Vlontzos and P. M. Pardalos
4. From Conventional to Molecular Approaches: Building Bridges for
Sugarcane Genetic Improvement ...............................................................93
Sangeeta Srivastava and Pavan Kumar
5. Utilization of Sugarcane Genetic Resources for Enhanced
Resilience in Diverse Conditions ...............................................................121
Gulzar S. Sanghera, Arvind Kumar, A. Anna Durai, and K. S. Thind
6. Source-Sink Dynamics in Sugarcane: Physio-Genomics Perspectives ......145
Amaresh Chandra
7. Residues Uses and Environment Sustainability ......................................161
R. Rossetto, C. A. C. Crusciol, H. Cantarella, J. B. Carmo,
and C. A. C. Nascimento
8. Water Induced Stresses in Sugarcane: Responses and Management ........189
R. Gomathi
vi Contents
9. Diseases and Pests Affecting Sugarcane: Methods of Control ...............217
Yaquelin Puchades Izaguirre, Mérida Rodríguez Regal,
Eida Rodríguez Lema, and María La O. Hechavarría
10. Biological Control of Two Sugarcane Stalk Borers
in the United States ....................................................................................241
Allan T. Showler
11. Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Sugarcane
Under Tropical Conditions ........................................................................271
Andréa Chaves Fiuza Porto, E. M. R. Pedrosa, L. M. P. Guimarães,
S. R. V. L. Maranhão, and M. O. Cardoso
12 Insect Vectors and Sugarcane White Leaf Disease Management ..........287
Yupa Hanboonsong
13 Sugarcane Ratoon Management ...............................................................299
S. K. Shukla, Lalan Sharma, and V. P. Jaiswal
14. Mechanization for Sustainable Sugarcane Production ...........................333
Akhilesh Kumar Singh
15. Alternatives to Increase the Sustainability of Sugarcane
Production in Brazil Under High Intensive Mechanization ...................349
H. C. J. Franco, S. G. Q. Castro, G. M. Sanches, O. T. Kölln,
R. O. Bordonal, B. M. M. N. Borges, and C. D. Borges
16. Transfer of Technology Approaches for Sustained Sugarcane
Productivity ................................................................................................385
T. Rajula Shanthy
Index .............................................................................................................405
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Priyanka Singh, PhD
Scientific Officer, Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane
Research, Shahjahanpur, India
Priyanka Singh, PhD, is the Scientific Officer of
the Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane Research,
(UPCSR) Shahjahanpur, India. She has worked at the
Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, India for nine years. She
has 19 years of research experience with specialization in organophosphorus
chemistry and cane quality/postharvest management of sugar losses with
the help of chemicals as well as eco-friendly compounds. She has extensive
experience in using electrolyzed water to preserve cane quality, and she was
the first person to report on the immense potential of electrolyzed water to
preserve postharvest sucrose losses.
Dr. Singh has synthesized and characterized 37 new organophosphorus
compounds belonging to the chalcone series, of which two important chemi-
cals (Chalcone thiosemicarbazone and Chalcone dithiocarbazate) were
found to be highly fungitoxic to the sugarcane parasitic fungi Colletotricum
falcatum, Fusarium oxysporum, and Curvularia pallescene. She has worked
on the extraction of volatile constituents from higher plants and their bio-
logical activity against agricultural pests; the management of postharvest
formation of nonsugar and polysaccharide compounds in sugarcane and the
effect of bioproducts on growth, yield, and quality of sugarcane and soil
health; and indicators of postharvest losses in sugarcane. She is also credited
for identifying Mannitol as one of the most important indicators of posthar-
vest losses in sugarcane.
Presently, she is working on a varietal spectrum of sugarcane for the
selection of elite sugarcane varieties so as to recommend the proper varietal
balance of sugarcane varieties in Uttar Pradesh (India). She is also modulat-
ing the activities of sucrose metabolizing enzymes through bio-active silicon
(orthosilicic acid) for increased cane and sugar productivity, which will ben-
efit farmers as well as the sugar industry. She is also lending her expertise
viii About the Editors
to a project on “Assessment of postharvest quality deterioration in prom-
ising sugarcane varieties under sub-tropical condition,” which is expected
to reduce postharvest losses and increase sugar recovery; and undertak-
ing a project on “Varietal screening for jaggery” production at UPCSR,
Shahjahanpur, for the recommendation of elite sugarcane varieties for the
commercial production of jaggery.
Dr. Singh is a research advisor for a dissertation on genetic diversity in
sugarcane and a training advisor for MSc students. She has organized sev-
eral short-term training programs on techniques in microbiology, biotech-
nology, and molecular biology.
She received an “Award of Excellence” from Sinai University, Al Arish,
Egypt, in 2008. She is also serving as Managing Editor for the journal
Sugar Tech and as Executive Editor for journal Agarica. In addition, she
is a reviewer for several international journals. She is one of the editors of
the Proceeding of International Conference IS-2011. A prolific author, Dr.
Singh has authored a book on innovative healthy recipes with jaggery, edited
three books on postharvest management of sugarcane, and written several
annual reports and a paper on 100 years of sugarcane research. She has also
published three book chapters and more than 50 research papers in various
national and international journals and proceedings. She has attended sev-
eral national and international conferences and workshops in China, Egypt,
Thailand, and India, and has coordinated technical as well as plenary ses-
sions in India, China, and Egypt.
Dr. Singh completed her PhD on “Efficacy of organophophorus deriva-
tives against fungal pathogens of sugarcane” in 2000 from DDU, Gorakhpur
University (Uttar Pradesh, India). She was awarded a postdoctoral fellow-
ship from DST, New Delhi.
About the Editors ix
Ajay Kumar Tiwari, PhD
Scientific Officer, Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane
Research, Shahjahanpur, India
Ajay K. Tiwari, PhD, is a Scientific Officer at the UP
Council of Sugarcane Research, Shahjahnapur, UP,
India. He is a regular member of the British Society
of Plant Pathology, Indian Phytopathological Society,
Sugarcane Technologists Association of India,
International Society of Sugarcane Technologists, Society of Sugarcane
Research and Promotion, Prof H. S. Srivastava Foundation, and Society of
Plant Research. He has published 75 research articles and 12 review articles
in national and international journals. He has also published six book chap-
ters in edited books and has also authored seven edited books. He has sub-
mitted more than 150 nucleotide sequences of plant pathogens to Genbank.
Dr. Tiwari is a regular reviewer and member of the editorial board for
many international journals. He is managing editor of Sugar Tech journal and
Chief Editor of Agrica journal. He has been awarded the Young Researcher
Award in Italy 2011, and the Young Scientist Award by DST-SERB, and he
was nominated for the Narshiman Award by the Indian Phytopathological
Society. Very recently, he was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the
Chief Minister of the State Government of UP for his outstanding contri-
bution in the area of plant pathology. Dr. Tiwari is the recipient of many
international travel awards given by DST, DBT, and CSIR from India;
PATHOLUX from Luxembourg; and IOM from Brazil. He has visited
China, Italy, Germany, and Thailand for conferences and workshops. He has
been involved in research on molecular characterization and management of
agricultural plant pathogens for the last nine years. Currently, he is working
on molecular characterization of sugarcane phytoplasma and their secondary
spread in nature.
Dr. Tiwari earned his PhD in 2011 on Cucurbit viruses from the
Biotechnology Department of CCS University, Meerut, UP, India.