- the
cultivation of
crops such as rice, sugarcane, banana, and pineapple.
Ratoon crops cannot be
perennially renewed, and may be
harvested only for a few...
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although usually treated as an
annual can
survive as a perennial,
producing a
ratoon crop.
Cereals adapted to a
temperate climate, such as barley, oats, rye...
- an annual, but in the
tropics it can
survive as a perennial,
producing a
ratoon crop.
Anatomy of rice flowers:
spikelet (left),
plant with
tillers (centre)...
- that
causes ratoon stunting disease, a
major worldwide disease of sugarcane. It is Gram
positive and
grows slowly in the laboratory.
Ratoon stunting disease...
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Joshua Ratoon Sands (May 13, 1795 –
October 2, 1883) was an
officer in the
United States Navy who rose to the rank of rear admiral. He
served in the War...
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several times;
after each harvest, the cane
sends up new stalks,
called ratoons.
Successive harvests give
decreasing yields,
eventually justifying replanting...
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yield losses from 5% up to 20% in sugarcane.
These losses are
higher in the
ratoon crop. A
higher incidence of SCGS has been
recorded in some
parts of Southeast...
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yellow vein
virus (BNYVV)
rhizomania Sugarcane Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
Ratoon stunting Colletotrichum falcatum red rot
Sweet potato sweet potato feathery...
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planting tolerant varieties, disk
fields after harvest to
prevent sorghum ratoon and
volunteer plants from developing,
remove any
infected plants, and carrying...
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cultivating sugarcane, urea is side
dressed after planting and
applied to each
ratoon crop.
Because it
absorbs moisture from the atmosphere, urea is
often stored...
