Open AccessSugarcane Production in Southwest Florida: Mineral Soils and Amendments
Author(s) -
R. M. C. Muchovej,
Edward A. Hanlon,
Mónica Ozores-Hampton,
Sanjay Kumar Shukla,
Fritz Roka,
H. Yamataki,
I. Ezenwa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-sc073-2005
Subject(s) - soil water , townsend , agriculture , environmental science , geography , archaeology , soil science , physics , quantum mechanics
This document integrates information that was presented at the Sand Land Workshop, held at the Dallas B. Townsend Hendry County Extension Center, LaBelle, Florida, 2003, dealing with the production of sugarcane on the mineral soils of southwest Florida. This document reviews challenges facing sugarcane growers dealing with soils, water management, and nutrients. Effective strategies, which are evolving to efficiently produce sugarcane in southwest Florida on mineral soils, are reviewed in this publication. This document is SL 230, a fact sheet of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date October 2005.