When considering a sugarcane soil fertility program, follow these guidelines. The number one priority should be the soil pH.
When properly applied, sugarcane ripeners can maximize recoverable sugar and minimize cane yield (tonnage) losses.
If sugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugar industry, then variety selection is one of your most important decisions.
Why do farmers burn in the first place? What are the benefits of burning crop residues? What will happen if farmers are not able to burn? What is a prescribed burn? What is smoke and ash management? Find these answers and more in this publication.
The Louisiana sugar industry has spent decades looking for alternative uses of excess sugarcane bagasse. One solution is the production of biochar.
Prescribed burning is a crop management practice widely used in the production and harvest of many agricultural and timber products across the United States.
PDF versions of annual reports published to summarize research done at the LSU AgCenter's Audubon Sugar Institute.
The sugarcane beetle, Euetheola humilis (Burmeister) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is a sporadic pest of young sugarcane in Louisiana.
The benefits of cover crops for sugarcane grown in Louisiana.
Sugarcane variety HoCP 96-540.
Sugarcane variety Ho 05-961.
Sugarcane variety Ho 12-615.
Sugarcane variety L 12-201.
Sugarcane variety L 11-183.
Sugarcane variety HoCP 09-804.
Sugarcane variety Ho 07-613.
Sugarcane variety HoCP 04-838.
Sugarcane variety L 03-371.
Sugarcane variety L 01-299.
Sugarcane variety L 01-283.
Sugarcane variety HoCP 00-950.
Sugarcane variety L 99-226.
Sugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Variety diversification is essential to the survival of the industry.
The sugarcane borer (SCB), Diatraea saccharalis, is the primary pest of sugarcane in Louisiana.
The sugarcane variety identification guide provides key botanical descriptions for identifying the different varieties of sugarcane.
Sugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Variety diversification is essential to the survival of the industry.
When you visit a raw sugar factory in Louisiana, you will see one of Louisiana’s largest, oldest and most fascinating industries in operation.
Wireworms are larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae), which are sporadic pests of sugarcane in Louisiana and Florida.
The yellow sugarcane aphid is a pest of sugarcane in Louisiana, Florida, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
This publication includes information on process of brixing and how it can help improve sugarcane quality. It also includes information on the correct treatments for your fields with the highest brix. (PDF Format Only)
Why is the sugarcane industry important to Louisiana? Why do farmers burn sugarcane in the first place? What are the benefits of burning sugarcane? Find these answers and more. (PDF Format Only)
This publication lists procedures and specific examples of how to calibrate sugarcane sprayers. (PDF format only)
The Mexican rice borer is a devastating pest of sugarcane and a serious pest of rice. It was first collected in Louisiana in two pheromone traps on Dec. 15, 2008, near two rice fields northwest of Vinton, La. Identification, injury, scouting and management infomation included. (PDF Format Only)
This publication provides information to help growers make management decisions. (PDF format only)
Why is the sugarcane industry important to Louisiana? Why do farmers burn sugarcane in the first place? What are the benefits of burning sugarcane? Find these answers and more. (PDF Format Only)