MUSCOVADO SUGAR PRODUCTION

By: ROSE M. TAPAY IR&D, SRA, Bacolod and

BONIFACIO P. CERBO, D.R.DEV.

Extension Services Dept. SRA-LGAREC

OBJECTIVES
The paper tends to: (1) enrich the knowledge and skills of the participants in growing sugarcane for muscovado sugar production by giving them updated production technologies, and (2)to broaden and strengthen their knowledge to produce efficiently quality muscovado sugar efficiently.

VITAL

INFORMATION
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum sp) is cultivated for its juice with high sucrose or sugar content. Cane ready for harvest consist of 24% trash (clean and dry leaves, canepoints, bull shoots, dried stalks, etc.), 58% millable stalks and 18% roots and stubbles

Green & Dried Leaves (24%)

Stalk (58%)

Roosts & Stubble (18%)

Different growth stages of sugarcane.

GROWTH STAGE
GERMI NATION

TILLERING

STALK

RIPENING

ELONGATION

MAP

10

11 12

After Cerbo, 1992

RECOMMENDED CULTURAL PRACTICES IN SUGARCANE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF GROWTH

GROWTH STAGE
GERM I NATION

TILLERING A B C D

STALK ELONGATION

RIPENING

CulturaL Practices**

E F MAP * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 G 11 12

* Cultural Practices: A - Weed Control E - Pest Control B - Cultivation F - Irrigation C - Replanting G - Harvesting D - Fertilizer Application ** Months After Planting

After Cerbo, 1992

CANE QUALITY REQUIREMEMT

High tonnage production is second only in importance to high sugar content in muscovado sugar production. Canes for muscovado manufacturing should be mature, non-trashy and still fresh at the time of milling not to exceed 3 days from cutting.

Recommended SRA HYV's for Muscovado Sugar Production

VARIETY ALUNAN BADILA Phil 7779 FIBER CONTENT /1 LOW MEDIUM SUCROSE CONTENT /2 HIGH a a a AVERAGE MONTH OF PLANTING /3 WET c c c c c b b b b a b a a c c c d d d d d d d d d DRY

* * * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Phil 8583 Phil 8727 Phil 8943 Phil 92-0051 Phil 92-0577 Phil 93-2349 Phil 93-3155 Phil 93-3727 Phil 93-3849 Phil 94-0913
1 - Fiber content (%) * = 10 and below ** = 10 to 13

a a

2 - Sucrose Content a = 2.15 Lkg/T C and above b = 1.89 to 2.14 Lkg/T C

3 - Month of planting c = Sept. to Nov. d = Dec. to May