Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

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% EM in cane
y = 0.572 (% D) R 2 = 1.00
= 0.132 (% G) R 2 = 0.97
= - 0.001 (% T) R 2 = -0.074
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G
T
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Figure 2.9. Changes in fibre % cane due to dry trash (D), green leaves (G) and cane tops (T).
2.1.6.2 Bagasse quality
As expected dry trash significantly increases the mass of bagasse % cane and sucrose lost
in bagasse % cane (Figs 2.10 and 2.11), whereas cane tops have no effect, again because
they did not have attached foliage. Although cane tops actually decrease the loss of
sucrose in bagasse % cane, this should not, however, be taken as an encouragement to send
cane tops to the mill as it will be shown that the loss of sucrose in molasses will be
significantly increased by cane tops.
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y = 1.171 (% D) R 2 = 1.00
= 0.294 (% G) R 2 = 0.99
= - 0.033 (% T) R 2 = 0.78
D
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G
T
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Figure 2.10. Changes in mass of bagasse % cane due to dry trash (D), green leaves (G) and cane tops (T).
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