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"Sugarcane is one of a crucial eco-friendly cash crop with massive agro-industrial value. It is a significant source of sweeteners and a source of renewable energy. Known for its high varietal resistance to changing climate scenarios, sugarcane is also reported to be prone to biotic stresses like drought, water logging, salinity, multiple soil-related problems, and nutrient deficiencies. This new volume, Climate-Smart Sugarcane Cultivation, is a 700-plus-page comprehensive resource offering the state-of-the-art practical information on sugarcane cultivation and management based on the practical experience, knowledge, and research from around the world. The book discusses the destructive consequences of global warming on sugarcane along with a host of climate-smart technologies to mitigate that impact on sugarcane production. A selection of new smart technological, engineering, agronomical, and genetic and molecular approaches are explored to offset the challenges posed by climate changes. Other topics include the economic aspects of sugarcane cultivation as well as the recycling of bioresources, such as distillery effluents and other wastes and the alternate use of sugarcane products and by-products for bioethanol production. The biotic and abiotic stresses under climate change to improve the productivity and quality are considered. Insect pest management of sugarcane crops is discussed, along with intercropping options and weed control in sugarcane, and more"-- Provided by publisher.