ABSTRACT

H. C. J. FRANCO, S. G. Q. CASTRO, G. M. SANCHES, O. T. KÖLLN, R. O. BORDONAL, B. M. M. N. BORGES, and C. D. BORGES

Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory – CTBE, Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials – CNPEM, Giuseppe Maximo Scolfaro Street 10000, Cidade Universitária, Campinas, 13083-100, Brazil, E-mail: henrique.franco@ctbe.cnpem.br

15.1 Introduction ....................................................................................350 15.2 Sugarcane Productivity After Intensive Mechanization ................351 15.3 Yield Decline Project: Australian Lessons That Should be

Followed by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry ..............................353 15.4 Friendly Agricultural Practices to Maximize Yield of

Sugarcane Fields Submitted to Intensive Mechanization ..............355 15.5 Futuristic Approach ........................................................................374 15.6 Concluding Remark .......................................................................377 Acknowledgments .....................................................................................379 Keywords ..................................................................................................379 References .................................................................................................379

15.1 INTRODUCTION