Effect of deheading on juice quality characteristics and sugar yield of sweet sorghum

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-26

  Rajendran, C ^a   Ramamoorthy, K ^a   Backiyarani, S ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brix; Commercial cane sugar; Juice extraction percentage; Millable stalk; Pol percentage; Sugar yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033916455     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037X.2000.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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