JUICE AND JAGGERY QUALITY PARAMETRES AS AFFECTED BY ADVERSE SUGARCANE PRODUCTION CONDITIONS

Dr. K. V. Keshavaiah* and Salim Nadaf

ABSTRACT

Good quality sugarcane juice is a prerequisite for obtaining quality jaggery. The good quality parametres of sugarcane juice enhances the shelf life of jaggery also. An experiment conducted at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V.C. Farm, Mandya has revealed that lodged cane recorded lowest juice brix (18.08%), lower juice purity (84.11%) and CCS percentage (10.81%) in saline soil. Accumulation of phenols in juice was higher in saline conditions (62.51 μg ml-1) compared to normal soils (56.67 μg ml-1). The higher ash content of 0.50 per cent was recorded in cane juice from lodged condition. Higher cane weight, juice weight, juice extraction and jaggery yield were recorded in cane from normal soils compared to adverse sugarcane production conditions.

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