INFLUENCE OF PRE-HARVEST TREATMENTS AND STORAGE PERIOD ON SUGAR CANE QUALITY | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 20, Volume 82, Issue 1, March 2004, Pages 239-249 PDF (3.06 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2004.256642 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SAMER Y. BESHEIT1; HASSAN M. A. SALMAN2; NASR M. RAGEH2; SIKINA R. ABAZIDE2 | ||
| 1Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present work was conducted at El-Mattana Agricultural Research Station at Qena Governorate during the harvest season 2001 to study the effect of pre (burnt and non-burnt) and storage period (cane storage before crushing for 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 days) on juice quality of the cane variety G.T.54-9 The results indicated that brix and reducing sugars tended to increase as storage periods increased up to 8 days after cutting. Meantime, the non-burnt sugar cane exhibited the lowest brix and reducing sugars values as compared with the burnt ones_ On the other hand, the extracted juice %, sucrose %. purity % and sugar recovery % were decreased as the storage period was prolonged. The interaction between the two variables affected markedly the rate of deterioration in all studied traits. It is recommended that cane should be harvested without burning and meantime should be delivered as early as possible to sugar mill to minimize sugar losses. | ||
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