National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Sugarcane is the world's predominant commercial crop. In the world it is cultivated on an area of 23.8 m ha with a cane production of 1.69 billion tonnes. In India, sugarcane occupies an area of 4.3 m ha with a total cane production of 300 m t and productivity of 77 t ha-1. In Karnataka, it is grown on an area of 0.33 m ha with a production of 30 m t and productivity of 88 t ha-1.Byproducts derived from sugarcane include trash, bagasse, molasses and pressmud with annual production of 12-15 m t of trash, 75-90 m t of bagasse, 10-12 m t of molasses and 8-10 m t of press mud in India.Cotton plays a vital role in the textile industry.Indi having largest area under cotton (9 m ha) constituting 26% of total world cotton area, presently produces 4.59 m t (27 million bales) which constitutes 18% of the world cotton production. Byproducts of cotton include stalk, seed, oil and meal.
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