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  2. Sugarcane - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Saccharum officinarum - Wikipedia

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    Saccharum officinarum is a large, strong-growing species of grass in the sugarcane genus. Its stout stalks are rich in sucrose, a disaccharide sugar which accumulates in the stalk internodes. It originated in New Guinea, [1] and is now cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries worldwide for the production of sugar, ethanol and other ...

  4. Bagasse - Wikipedia

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    Sugarcane bagasse in Hainan, China. Bagasse (/ b ə ˈ ɡ æ s / bə-GAS) is the dry pulpy fibrous material that remains after crushing sugarcane or sorghum stalks to extract their juice. [1] It is used as a biofuel for the production of heat, energy, and electricity, and in the manufacture of pulp and building materials.

  5. Cutting sugar cane stalks, not burning them, could make money ...

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    A presentation on cutting, instead of burning sugar cane husks before harvest, emphasizes business, community, environmental benefits. Cutting sugar cane stalks, not burning them, could make money ...

  6. Sugarcane smut - Wikipedia

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    Sugarcane smut is a fungal disease of sugarcane caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. The disease is known as culmicolous, which describes the outgrowth of fungus of the stalk on the cane. It attacks several sugarcane species and has been reported to occur on a few other grass species as well, but not to a critical amount.

  7. Saccharum - Wikipedia

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    They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are generally rich in sugar, and measure two to six m (6 to 19 ft) tall. All sugarcane species interbreed and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids.

  8. Edible plant stem - Wikipedia

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    Sugar cane The edible portion is the inner stalk (stem) whose sap is a source of sugar. In its raw form chewing or extraction through a juicer extracts its juice. Sugar maple Xylem sap from the tree trunks is made into maple sugar and maple syrup. Taro The edible portion is the underground stem (corm). Wasabi

  9. Plant stem - Wikipedia

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    Sugarcane stems are a major source of sugar. Maple sugar is obtained from trunks of maple trees. Vegetables from stems are asparagus, bamboo shoots, cactus pads or nopalitos, kohlrabi, and water chestnut. The spice, cinnamon is bark from a tree trunk. Gum arabic is an important food additive obtained from the trunks of Acacia senegal trees.