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The growing of sugar cane.
The Growing of Sugar Cane develops the fundamental principles of the growing of cane in the hope that cane culture throughout the world will benefit by it. The tremendous strides made in recent years in the knowledge of how to improve the growing of sugar cane, form the subject of this treatise. Can...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, New York,
Elsevier,
1963.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Growing of Sugar Cane; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCCION; CHAPTER I. FACTORS AFFECTING THE GROWTH OF SUGAR CANE; THE SOIL AS A FACTOR IN SUGAR CANE GROWTH; SOIL-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS AND CANE GROWTH; FACTORS AFFECTING THE GROWTH OF ROOTS; THE STALK; THE LEAVES; CLIMATIC FACTORS AND CANE GROWTH; CHAPTER II. SEEDBED PREPARATION; DEEP TILLAGE; REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD SEEDBED; IMPROVING PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF HEAVY CLAY AND SANDYSOILS WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS; SOIL COMPACTION; GOOD PLOWING A MUST FOR GOOD SOIL TILTH
- FINAL PREPARATION OF SEEDBED FOR CANECULTIVATION TO RETAIN GOOD TILTH; GREEN MANURE CROPS; CHEMICALS FOR SOIL CONDITIONING; CHAPTER III. PLANTING OF SUGAR CANE; EXTERNAL FACTORS AND GERMINATION; INTERNAL FACTORS AND GERMINATION; PLANT POPULATION STUDIES; PRE-GERMINATION AND TRANSPLANT OF SEED CANE; CHAPTER IV. THE NUTRITION OF SUGAR CANE; GENERAL; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PLANT ANALYSES AND CROP LOGGING; PLANT ANALYSES vs. SOIL TESTS; BALANCED FEEDING; FERTILIZER PLACEMENT; PROGRESS IN 50 YEARS SINCE 1900; CHAPTER VI. RRIGATION OF SUGAR CANE
- WATER AND ITS RELATION TO SOILS AND SUGAR CANEHISTORY OF IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS IN HAWAII; THE INTAKE AND STORAGE OF WATER BY SOIL; MOISTURE WITHIN THE PLANT; EXPERIMENT 'MASI; IRRIGATION INTERVAL CONTROL; PLANNING FIELD LAYOUTS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION STUDIES; WATER DEVELOPMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AFFECTING WATERSHEDS; DELIVERY OF WATER TO THE CANE FIELDS; WATER QUALITY; WATER COSTS; CHAPTER VI. DRAINAGE; SOIL AERATION; DRAINAGE AND ROOT SYSTEMS; WET SOIL AND ITS AGRICULTURAL IMPLICATIONS; WATER TABLE STUDIES; EFFECTS OF SALINITY UPON PLANT GROWTH
- COMPETITION BETWEEN SUGAR CANE AND WEEDSHERBICIDES AND THEIR MODES OF ACTION; WEED CONTROL SCHEDULES; FORMULATIONS AND MIXING PLANTS; WEED CONTROL IN WET AREAS AND IN WET SEASONS; COSTS OF WEED CONTROL; HAZARDS AND PRECAUTIONS; WOODY PLANT CONTROL; WEED CONTROL IN OTHER SUGAR-PRODUCING COUNTRIES; MACHINERY FOR APPLYING HERBICIDES; HERBICIDE TESTS; TRAINING AND SUPERVISION OF PERSONNEL; CHAPTER VIII. CONTROL OF FLOWERING; CHAPTER VIII. CONTROL OF FLOWERING; PHOTOPERIODISM; PHYSIOLOGY OF FLOWERING; CHAPTER IX. RIPENING AND MATURITY; EFFECTS OF CLIMATIC FACTORS ON MATURITY
- NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF RIPENINGSUGAR FORMATION AND STORAGE; JUICE QUALITY-MOISTURE STRESS RELATIONSHIPS; LOSS OF MOISTURE IN SUGAR CANE; AGE IN RELATION TO MATURITY; DEAD CANE AT HARVEST; PREHARVEST SAMPLING FOR SCHEDULING HARVESTS; RIPENING AND MATURITY; METHODS OF MATURITY DETERMINATION; CANE RIPENING IN HAWAII; CANE RIPENING IN MEXICO; RIPENING SUGAR CANE WITH CHEMICALS; DESICCATING CANE FOLIAGE FOR BETTER BURNS; CHAPTER X. HARVESTING AND TRANSPORTOF SUGAR CANE; MECHANIZATION OF CANE AGRICULTURE; CHAPTER XI. CONTROL OF PESTS AND DISEASES; BACTERIAL DISEASES