Trash management effects on sugarcane growth, yield and water use for Brazilian and Australian farming systems

• Grant number: 14/19410-7
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2015
• Effective date (End): July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Agricultural Meteorology
• Principal Investigator: Fabio Ricardo Marin
• Grantee: Leandro Garcia da Costa
• Supervisor abroad: Peter John Thorburn
• Home Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Local de pesquisa : CSIRO Agriculture, Australia
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/16511-4 - Influence of crop residues on water consumption, growth and yield of irrigated sugarcane, BP.DR

Abstract

Sugarcane is one of the most important Brazilian agricultural crops as source of food, fuel and feedstock. The physiological knowledge on water consumption can lead to increased productivity, besides providing sugarcane cultivation in areas where irrigation is essential. This project aims to investigate the effects of sugarcane trash blanket on water relations of Brazilian and Australian farming system, with the support of experimental data and APSIM-Sugar crop model. Options for water saving and better irrigation strategies will be evaluated for regions where data were collected as well as for other places where sugarcane usually grows under irrigation. (AU)