Sugarcane

• C4 plant
• Buttress root: shoot root
• Scum: refers to impurities floating on sugarcane juice, when it is boiled.
• Harvested when brix value is 12-18 and glucose content is <0.5%.
• Khandasary: Also known as brown sugar.
• Jaggary: Also known as gur.
• Bagasse: Fiber material left over after crushing of sugarcane.
• Sucrose: C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁
• Glucose: C₆H₁₂O
• Inflorescence of sugarcane is called Arrow.
• Short day plant .
• Long day enhance tillering in plant. @S for S.
• Gormandizers: Water shoot.
• Rayungan: Developed can shoot.
• Top 1/3 portion is used for germination as contain high glucose content.