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Abiotic Stresses Affecting Sugarcane: Sustaining Productivity

 
Manoj K. Srivastava (Author) Ashok K. Shrivastava (Author)
Synopsis Over exploitation of natural resources and human activities have made our ecosphere prone to abiotic stresses like drought (and shortage of irrigation water), flooding/waterlogging, salinity, high and low temperatures, soil related problems and emerging nutrient deficiencies and pollution. Besides, cyclone and winds, especially in coastal areas, also affect productivity. Use of high yielding varieties, high intensity of irrigation, fertilizer consumption, especially the lop-sides use of nitrogen and pesticides in high productive-intensive agriculture, has aggravated some of these problems. Sugarcane has acquired that status of Kalpavriksha by virtue of its multifarious uses and sugarcane-based agro-industries have become catalyst for socio-economic transformation of nearby areas. Being a long duration crop, sugarcane faces vagaries of all the seasons. It is rather impracticable to provide favorable conditions for all the critical stages, spaced far apart temporally, so as to realize its optimal production potential. Sugarcane requires large amount of water but it cannot withstand “wet-feet”, has certain temperature optima for various growth processes and stages of development. Poor natural ripening conditions like high temperature and excessive rainfall/soil moisture exist in most of the sugarcane growing areas of the world. Low temperature and excessive rainfall/soil moisture exist in most of the sugarcane growing areas of the world. Low temperatures prevailing at harvest, especially in subtropical India, affect sprouting of stubble buds vis-?-vis productivity of the succeeding ratoon crop-the integral component of sugarcane production system. Besides certain abiotic stresses are known to trigger off other abiotic/ biotic stresses, and their cumulative impact further aggravates sugar losses. The sugarcane plant is endowed with a unique physiologic continuum which enables it to tide over unfavorable conditions. The book reviews the problems of abiotic stresses per se, their effect on sugarcane growth development, cane and sugar productivity and gives an insight into various strategies to overcome such effects. These include breeding tolerant/resistant varieties, molecular interventions, etc. it also identifies relevant researchable issues in this field of specialization. These strategies will go a long way in sustaining productivity of sugarcane and sugar in times to come.
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About the authors

Manoj K. Srivastava

Mr Manoj K. Srivastava Al alumnus of Lucknow University, Mr. Manoj K. Srivastava is working as Sr. Research Fellow at the Division of Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow. Mr. Manoj Srivastav owes 18 research/review papers and a book to his credit. His areas of interest include problems related to sugarcane nutrition, stress physiology and Production Physiology of Sugarcane.

Ashok K. Shrivastava

Dr. Ashok K. Shrivastav An alumni of the Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalya, Hardwar and the Indian Agricultural Rersearch Institute, new Delhi, Dr. Ashok K. Shrivastavs is Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Pant Physiology & Biotecheistry, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow. His research interests include production physiology, stress physiology, ripening, mineral nutrition and ratoon management in sugarcane. He owes more than 90 research/review papers in National and International Scientific Journals/books and 9 books/technical bulletins to his credit. Dr. Shrivastav is recipient of the Association for the Advance of Agricultural Science Medal (Junior) for the year 1989 and the Third Prize in the All India Essay Competition on World Food Summit organised by the Indian Institute of Public Administration on behalf of the Ministry of Food, Government of India, in 1996. He has been the Vice President of the Indian Society for Plant Physiology for the year 2004. He is Editor of the Indian Journal of Sugarcane Technology published by the Association of Sugarcane Technologies of India, Luckow. He was deputed as an Exert on Sugarcane Production to Lao Peoples’ Democratic republic in 1999.

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Title Abiotic Stresses Affecting Sugarcane: Sustaining Productivity
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2006
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8181890531
length xvi+323p., Tables; Figures; References; Index; 23cm.