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Title
SUGARCANE ,SACCARAM OFFICINARUM #118921363
Description
PERENNIAL GRASS IN THE FAMILY POACEAE GROWN FROM IT& x27;S STEM WHICH IS PRIMARILY USED TO PRODUCE SUCROSE .SUGARCANE HAS A THICK ,TILLERING STEM WHICH IS CLEARLY DIVIDED IN TO NODES AND INTERNODES .THE LEAVES OF THE PLANT GROW FROM NODES OF STEM ,ARRANGE IN TWO ROWS EITHER SIDE OF THE STEM .THE LEAVES ARE TUBULAR, BLADE LIKE ,THICKER IN THE CENTER AND ENCIRCLE THE STEM. THE INFLORISENSE IS TERMINAL PENICLE POSSESSES TWO SPIKELETS &SEEDS PROTECTED BY HUSK COVERED IN SILKY HAIR .SUGARCANE IS VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED BY PLANTING PART OF A MATURE CANE CALLED & x22;SETTS & x22;,THE BEST CUTTINGS ARE TAKEN FROM UPPER PORTION ,40 cm in length with minimum 2 nodes