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The Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research (acronym: IISR) [1] is an autonomous institute of higher learning, under the umbrella of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) [2] by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for advanced research in sugar cane agriculture.
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose , [ 1 ] which accumulates in the stalk internodes .
Sugar cane cutting. Sugar has been produced in India since ancient 1200BC and then it spread to other parts. Sugarcane is a native of tropical Indian and Pakistan subcontinent then to Southeast Asia. [1] In India, sugarcane is planted thrice a year in October, March and July depending on part of the country. [2]
Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI) is a central research institute in Coimbatore, India. [1] It was established in 1912 and is affiliated to Indian Council of Agricultural Research . It was established to promote research efforts in sugarcane production and is the only sugarcane research institute in the country.
At some places ratooning sugarcane (for short duration ratoon crops) has also been utilized to provide quality fodder for cattle. Multiple ratooning of sugarcane, with proper management including plant protection, may be utilized for maintaining purity of new improved varieties as well as genetically modified plants, for a longer period of time.
With the formation of the Development Council for Sugar Industry under the provisions of the Industries (Development and Regulation ) Act, 1951, the functions of the Indian Central Sugarcane Committee were abridged with effect from 1 January 1954 and the administrative control of the Institute was transferred to the Government of India, under ...
Indian Sugar Mills Association is the premier sugar organization in India. It establishes a connection between Government and Sugar industry (private and public) in the country.
The second domestication center of sugarcane is India, Indo China , southern China and Taiwan where S. sinense was a primary cultigen of the Austronesian peoples. Words for sugarcane exist in the Proto-Austronesian languages in Taiwan , reconstructed as *təbuS or **CebuS , which became *tebuh in Proto-Malayo-Polynesian .