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Description. Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum, is a perennial grass in the family Poaceae grown for its stem (cane) which is primarily used to produce sucrose. Sugarcane has a thick, tillering stem which is clearly divided into nodes and internodes.
Sugarcane is grown primarily in the tropics and subtropics. In the United States, sugarcane is grown commercially in Louisiana, Florida and Texas. Sugarcane was once a significant crop in Hawaii, but the last sugar mill in that state closed in 2016. Sugarcane for sugar was harvested from 903,400 acres in 2020 and had a value of $1,403 million.
Sugarcane is a giant tropical grass from the family Graminaceae, whose stalk has the particular capacity to store a crystallizable sugar, sucrose. Its main use is in industrial processing of the stalks to make rum.
Jun 18, 2021 · Today, Brazil is once again the leading sugar producer in the world, followed by India, the EU, China, Thailand, and then the USA. Brazil, India, and Thailand grow almost exclusively sugar cane, while the EU is predominantly sugar beet, the US is about 50%, and China is 20% sugar beet.
Sugarcane processing is practiced in many variations, but the essential process consists of the following steps: extraction of the cane juice by milling or diffusion, clarification of the juice, concentration of the juice to syrup by evaporation, crystallization of sugar from the syrup, and separation and drying of the crystals.
Summary. Sugarcane, a significant component of the economy of many countries in the tropics and subtropics, is a large, tropical grass that stores sucrose in its stem and serves as an important food and bioenergy crop. Current taxonomy divides sugarcane into six species, two of which are wild and always recognized ( Saccharum spontaneum L. and ...
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Sep 16, 2022 · Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a special crop plant that underwent anthropogenic evolution from a wild grass species to an important food, fodder, and energy crop. Unlike any other grass species which were selected for their kernels, sugarcane was selected for its high stem sucrose accumulation.
