As is the case in many other regions in the world, sugarcane production in southern Africa is affected by a wide range of climatic conditions, which can vary considerably from location to location and from year to year. ...
Increasing the sucrose yield and the disease resistance of plants are two major
objectives of the transgenic sugarcane plant programme in South Africa. The
sugarcane culm has thus been identified as one of the main target ...
An experiment was conducted at Pongola (27°24´S, 31°25´E; 308m altitude) in South Africa to study the effects of season on growth and potential biomass and sucrose yields on nine commercial sugarcane cultivars. The treatments ...
