Environmental Engineering Reference
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21 Sugarcane
Heitor Cantarella
Agronomic Institute
Marcos Silveira Buckeridge and Marie-Anne Van Sluys
University of São Paulo
Anete Pereira de Souza
State University of Campinas
Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia and
Milton Yutaka Nishiyama, Jr.
University of São Paulo
Rubens Maciel Filho
University of Campinas
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz
State University of Campinas and FAPESP
Glaucia Mendes Souza
University of São Paulo
contents
21.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 524
21.2
Sugarcane Cultivation ......................................................................................................... 527
21.3
Sugarcane Pests and Diseases ............................................................................................ 528
21.4
Sugarcane Physiology ......................................................................................................... 529
21.5
Sugarcane Genome and Genomics Infrastructure .............................................................. 530
21.6
Sugarcane Breeding ............................................................................................................ 533
21.6.1
Generation of Variability ...................................................................................... 533
21.6.2
Initial Stages of Selection ..................................................................................... 534
21.6.3
Evaluation of Clones in Field Trials ..................................................................... 535
21.6.4
Field Trials for Precommercial Genotypes .......................................................... 535
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