
This document is SS-AGR-252, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Revised May 2002. Reviewed April 2008. This publication is also a part of the Florida Sugarcane Handbook, an electronic publication of the Agronomy Department. For more information, contact the editor of the Sugarcane Handbook, Ronald W. Rice (rwr@ufl.edu). Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://EDIS.ifas.ufl.edu.
R. A. Gilbert (editor), assistant professor, Agronomy Department, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Floirda, Agricultural Research Stations, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
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