Physico-Chemical Method of Preserving Sucrose in Harvested Sugarcane at High Ambient Temperature in a Sub-Tropical Climate
Tóm tắt
Sugarcane in subtropical areas is harvested under a wide array of temperatures, grading from 8 to 42°C. The crushing of harvested cane is often delayed for longer than 72 h leading to a steep decline in sucrose content, especially late in the harvest season when ambient temperatures are high. The average reductions in Commercial Cane Sugar (CCS) in untreated billets and whole cane during late harvest were 0.735 and 0.502 units/day. These losses were reduced to 0.310 and 0.365 units/day following treatment with a chemical formulation containing benzalkonium chloride (0.2%) and sodium metasilicate (0.5%). These chemicals also decreased the formation of reducing sugars in billets from 13.19 to 5.13 and 15.69 to 6.18 mg/ml per day in upper and lower billets, respectively. This study might be useful in minimizing post-harvest sucrose losses in sugarcane at high ambient temperature.
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