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Agricultural research supports management in the taking of decisions regarding land preparation and planting programmes, the growing and maintenance of plant and ratoon cane as well as the harvesting sequence of the standing cane

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Bakker, H. (1999). Research. In: Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4725-9_24

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