Sugarcane plant is a coarse grass which is quite tall about 10-20 feet. A single plant bears many stems in a tuft. It is a rhizomatous, perennial plant with thick solid, aerial stem. The stem colour is variable from white, yellow, black, dark green, purple, and red or violet. It is jointed and inter nodes are smaller at the base [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Origin of Sugarcane 2. Conceptual Framework of Sugarcane 3. History 4. Role. Origin of Sugarcane: Sugarcane is one of the most important crops in the world because of its strategic position and immense uses in the daily life of any nation as well as for industrial uses aimed at nutritional and economic [...]
Learn about the pests that damage sugarcane and its control. 1. Sugarcane Pyrilla, Pyrilla Perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae): Pyrilla or the sugarcane leafhopper is distributed throughout India and appears periodically as a destructive pest of sugarcane in Pakistan, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Apart from sugarcane, it feeds on wheat, barley (Hordeum vulgare Linn.), oats (Avena sativa Linn.), maize, sorghum, baru [...]