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South Africa Sugarcane Production Guide by Eduardo Alcivar is a document available to read on EtoBox.

GENERAL ASPECTS Classifi cation Scientifi c name: Saccharum offi cinarum Common names: Sugarcane (English), suikerriet (afrikaans), umoba (Isizulu/ siSwati), moba (Sepedi), mofha (Venda), Letlhaka la sokore (Setswana/ Sesotho) Sugarcane is any of several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae and it belongs to the grass family called Poaceae. The official classification of sugarcane is Saccharum offi cinarum. It is common in tropical and subtropical count

Author

Eduardo Alcivar

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EN