Sugarcane Development : Technological Interface between Tradition and Modernity

This compendium is to be treated as a monograph, a treaty of the subject sugarcane from its various dimensions-covering the interface of technologies for blending tradition with modernity It should be considered as a reference manual for students and scholars in agriculture, training and management centrers like KVKs, ATCs and government departments, ICAR institutes, cooperatives and NGOs Vast body of literature establishes the fact that sugarcane has a deep root in Indian heritage Standing on such strong base of tradition leading and governing Indian culture from time to time, growing sugarcane as an important cash crop has undergone a sea-change through RAndD activities Such journey-move with the time gave birth a series of technologies of noble nature Indias total cane.

1. Sugarcane: Tradition to Modernity
2. State-Of-The Art of Sugarcane Culture with Special Reference to West Bengal, India
3. Soil and Climate for Sugarcane
4. Sugarcane Biology
5. Sugarcane Breeding and Varieties
6. Sugarcane Physiology
7. Sugarcane Agronomy
8. Ratooning of Sugarcane
9. Water Management in Sugarcane
10. Integrated Plant Nutrient Management on Sugarcane
11. Weed Management in Sugarcane
12. Insect Enemies of Sugarcane and their Management Strategies
13. Nematodes of Sugarcane and their Managment
14. Sugarcane Pathology
15. Appropriate Ipm in Subtropical Sugarcane in North India and its Integration Into Appropriate Integrated Management System
16. Postharvest Technology of Sugarcane
17. Sugar Economy in India
18. Strategies for Sugarcane Development with Emphasis on Constraints Analysis
19. Development Perspective of Sugarcane Cultivation: A Case Study in West Bengal, India
20. Strategic Aspects of Sugarcane Development
21. Appendices
22. Acronyms and Abbreviations
23. Subject Index