University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Theme: Setting the Scene -- 1. A global perspective of the sugar industry, J. Fry -- Theme: Defining the Limits -- 2. Limits to intensive agricultural systems and opportunities for sustainable agricultural development, M.J. Kropff et al -- 3. Limits to the Australian sugar industry: climatic and biological factors, R.C. Muchow et al -- 4. Economica constraints and opportunities in the Australian sugar industry, R.N. Chapman and B.J. Milford -- 5. Social factors shaping the Australian sugar industry, G. Lawrence and I. Gray -- 6. Yield 'plateaus' in grain crops: the topography of yield increatse, T.R. Sinclair -- 7. The yield plateau in the Australian sugar industry: 1970-1990, A.L. Garside et al -- Theme: Opportunities for Improved Plants and Management Systems -- 8. Transgenic sugarcane: opportunities and limitations, R.G. Birch -- 9. Potential for overcoming physio-biochemical limits to sucrose accumlation, P.H. Moore et al -- 10. Nutrient uptake and metabolism: prospects for molecular modification to improve efficiency, F.W. Smith -- 11. Novel approaches for managing pests and diseases in sugarcane, P.G. Allsopp and J.M. Manners -- 12. Advances in breeding technology for sugarcane, N. Berding et al -- 13. Nitrogen managment in intensive agriculture: sugarcane in Australia, B.A. Keating et al -- 14. Opportunities for improving nutrient management in the Australian sugar industry, A.W. Wood -- 15. New technologies for sugar milling and by-product modification, C.J. Allen et al -- 16. Opportunities for improving the use of limited water by the sugarcane crop, M.J. Robertson -- 17. Opportunities for amelioration of soil physical and chemical constraints under intensive cropping, M.E. Sumner -- 18. Raising profitability and productivity by improving harvesting procedures, L.E. Brennan et al -- 19. Opportunities to improve economic performance on sugarcane farms, M.K. Wegener -- Theme: Resource Management and the Environment -- 20. Sharing the land -- the sugar industry as part of the wider landscape, A.K.L. Johnson et al -- 21. The development and application of environmental policy: the Everglades and Florida sugar industry, D.L. Anderson and P. Rosendahl -- 22. Potential impact of sugarcane production on riparian and freshwater environments, A.H. Arthington et al -- 23. Potential impacts of sugarcane production on the marine environment, C.J. Crossland et al -- 24. The irrigation experience in Australia -- lessons for the sugar industry, W.S. Meyer -- 25. The economics of resource use and environmental impact in intensive agricultural systems, J. Quiggin -- Theme: Integration and Innovation -- 26. Doing things differently: the R,D&E revolution?, E.J. WOods et al -- 27. Doing things differently: the policy revolution \a G.J. Syme et al -- Theme: Summary Address -- 28. Distilling the spirit: a vision for hte sugar indistry in 2020, R.J. Clements -- Index.