Impact of extraneous matter on post-harvest sucrose losses and quality parameters in sugarcane

Sugar Tech

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Larrahondo, Jesús E ^a   Castillo, Edgar F ^b   Peralta, Yuri ^c   Jaramillo, Angélica ^c   Palma, Alberto ^d   Briceño, Carlos ^c   Giraldo, Fernando ^e  

^a Químico Jefe Cenicaña   (Colombia)

^b Programa de Fábrica Cenicaña   (Colombia)

^c Ingenio Manuelita ^*  (Colombia)

^d Biometrista Cenicaña   (Colombia)

^e Gerente de Campo   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cane quality; Extraneous matter; Manual and mechanical harvesting; Sucrose losses

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM;

EID: 70350031466     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-009-0026-4     Document Type: Article

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