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Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management pp 27–52Cite as

The Growth of Sugar Cane

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Clements explains that to understand the phenomenon of diversity of plant performance in different places, thephysiographic theoryis helpful. This states that physiographic factors, such as radiation by sunlight and moisture availability, are the main factors determining the performance of a plant in an area. It also states that soil factors in principle are unimportant, except in a negative way; they can limit the performance of a crop at a particular location. To support the theory he cites an example where soils from two clearly different ecological sites were interchanged. When soil from site 1 was taken to site 2, the level of cane production from that soil in essence was the same as that obtained from soils of that location. Interesting details can be found in his book.1

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    H. Bakker (Consultant—Sugar Cane Agriculture)

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Bakker, H. (1999). The Growth of Sugar Cane. In: Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4725-9_4

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