CONTENTS

AGRICULTURE SECTION

1. Cane Management under Drought Conditions or water Stress - 3-8

by P.N. Rao

2. Trends of Sugarcane Production and Yield (MT/HECT.) 9-15

in Maharashtra State - by Seema Joshi, A.N. Salunkhe &

Dr. S.B. Jadhav

3. Plant growth Promotor Regulators by Native Fluorescent 16-35

Pseudomonas in Sugarcane Crop - by R. Viswanathan,

R. Samiyappan, P. Nallathambi & V. Ganesan

4. Water Management with drip Irrigation System for Sugarcane - 36-41

by Shinde P.P. & S.B. Jadhav

5. The Influence of Potassium application on soil available K, yield 42 - 53

and juice Quality of Plant and Ratoon crops of Sugarcane -

by Vijay Kumar, K.S. Verma & Jawahar Singh

6. Economic Heterosis for Qualitative Traits and Cane Yield in Elite 54 - 59

Genotypes of Sugarcane - by P. Srinivasa Rao, J.V.R. Bhupal Rao,

& K. Krishnamma

7. Increase in cane yield and leaf Nutrient Content Due to Sulphur 60 - 70

Application - by Snehal Joshi & Vilas Amodkar

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8. Performance of early maturing Sugarcane Varieties at VSI, Pune Center - 71-75

by R.S. Hapase, J.M. Repale & P.S. Pawar

9. Root Distribution as Influenced by chip bud method of Planting and

Nitrogen in Sugarcane - by N. Tamilselvan

10. Improvement of Sugar Productivity Through Varietal Management -

by R.L. Tamak, Joginder Singh & Dr. B.K. Gupta

11. Sugarcane Spacing Regimes : Some Myths- and Realities - byGururaj Hunsigi & P.G. Satpute

12. Molecular Approaches in Sugarcane Varietal Improvement - byN.V. Nair, A. Selvi, T.V. Sreenivasan & K.N. Pushpalatha

13. Out Centre Management of Cane Utility of Cane Loader - byKuldip Singh, O.P. Chauhan, G.P.S. Dhillon & G.S.C. Rao

14. Effect of Azospirillum and Acetobacter with Different Levels of

Inorganic Nitrogen on Cane Yield and Juice Quality of Sugarcane -

by V. Venkateswara Rao, P, Ravindra Babu & J.V.R. Bhupala Rao

15. Raseeli A high Sugar MID Season Maturing Variety of Sugarcanefor North West Zone in India - by R.S. Singh, P.S. Verma & S.B. Singh

16. Productivity of Sugar & Sugarcane Management - by Mangal Singh 139 - 144

MANUFACTURING SECTION

1. Continuous Pan for A Massecuite Boiling - A Comparitive Analysis - 3-18

by Manharlal M. Patel, Kiran C. Patel, E. Muthu Velappan &Remesh Kumar Verma

2. Computer Controlled Self Intelligent Juice Flow Stabilization System 19-27for Sugar Industry - by M.B. Londhe, T,K. Balwe, A.N. Jamadar, &

R.N. Bhosale, V.P. Sidanale & N.M. Patil

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95- 103

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3. Improvement in Clarified Juice Characteristics through Ultrafiltration - 28-36

by S.N. Misra, M. Balakrishnan, A.M. Ghosh, N.C. Sharma, P. Ranga Rao

& J.J. Bhagat

4. Optimisation of Process Juice Clarification Parameters : A Case Study - 37-51

by S.D. Borawake, S.M. Chavan, V.R. Kaledhonkar, Sanjay Jadhav

& G.D. Patil

5. The Colour Balance Study - A key to Produce Quality Sugar - by 52 - 60

D.M. Raskar

6. PC-Based Monitoring and Control System for Pan Boiling Process at 61 - 73

Ramgarh Chini Mills, Ramgarh - by Pawan Kapur, S.M. Sharma,

S. Pal & P.K. Avasthi

7. Manufacture of Refined Quality Sugar at Reduced Cost - by B.L, Mittal 74 - 86

8. Quality Requirements for Antiscalants - by (Mrs) A.D. Kulkarni, 87 - 93

A.V. Yewale & S.K. Sabale

9. Kinetics of Crystallization of Sugar in Pure Solution "Effect of Variation 94 - 99

of Speed of the Stirrer" - by Dr. G.M. Jenekar & M.B. Purjalkar (Jain)

10. Studies on Steady State Simulation of a Falling Film Evaporator - 100-113

by A. Saleem Sajid & R.B. Nigam

11. Production of 100% Sugar as per Icumsa Specification - by 114 - 120

T.S. Srinivasan, & P.V. Ramadasan

12. Fate of Inorganic Constitutents During Clarification of Juice - by 221 - 129

Ashok Mishra, Hemant Dubey & S.P. Shukla

13. Control of Factors Enhancing Quantity of Final Molasses Production - 130 - 140

by G.K. Shukla, K. Jagdish & Narendra Dev

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14. Viscosity of Different Massecuites and Molasses in the Sugar Industry - 141 - 144

by Dr. Satindar Kaur, R.S.S. Kaler, Avinash Kaushal & Suchi Kalia

ENGINEERING SECTION

1. Energy Conservation in Sugar Industry - by The Ugar Sugar Technologists 3-12

The Ugar Sugar Works Ltd.

2. Instrumentation and Control to Pressure Reducing Station for

Condensing Cum Extraction Turbine of Co-Generation Plant - 13 - 23

by Prashant. D. Mahajan

3. Role of Magnets in Sugar Industry - by S.P. Jain 24 - 29

4. Suitability of Vapour Condensates for High Pressure Boilers in 30 - 34

Plantation white Sugar Manufacture - by Dr. G.M. Jenekar,Mr. M.B. Purjalkar (Jain)

5. Field Performance of Mill Power Measuring Device - 35-39

by M.N. Awatade, S.A. Kate, T.K. Balwe and A.D. Shaligram

6. An Attempt of Run Two Roller Mill as a Power Save - 40-45

by R.K. Padalker (G.M. Tech)

7. Energy Management - by P. Solaimuthu, R. Chidambaranathan, 46 - 54

R. Swaminathan

8. Mill Hunting - An Investigation - by H.N. Gupta 55 - 61

9. Optimum Utilisation of Spray Pond with Single Entry Condensers - 62-71

by C.B. Patil,

10. Imbibition (A Review and Improvisation) - by G,K. Kumar, 72-81

K.N. Agrawal

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CO-PRODUCT

1. Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Starch and Dextran During Sugar Manufacturing 3-21

Process: Warana Experience - by S.M. Chavan, S.D. Borawake &G.D. Patil

2. Towards Developing a Technology for the Removal of Caramel from Sugar 22 - 26

Industry by Products - by V.S. Dhamankar

3. Performance Evaluation of Biologic-SR2 Additive for Primary Anaerobic 27 - 38

Digestor Treating Molasses Based Distillery Effluent - by Sanjeev Kumar,

Ravindra Singh & Sanjay Patil

4. Achieving Zero Pollution by Totally Recycling Treated Effluents as Make-Up 39 - 64

Water for Cooling Tower/Spray Pond - by P. Srimannarayana & KJ. Sudheer

5. Monitoring the Effect of Water Spray on the Extraction, Chemical 65 - 68

Properties and Qualities of the Crude Cane Wax - by Kamaljit Singh,

Gurinder Singh Buttar & Swam Singh Parmar

6. Studies on the Adsorption of Sucrose on to the Solution Alumina Interface - 69-79

by Kaman Singh

7. Application of ICUMSA Methods for Determination of Microbial Cell 80 - 91

Populations Present in Various Sugarhouse Products of Indian Plantation

White Sugar Factory - by S. Mukherjee, S. Kumar & PJC. Agrawal

8. Techno-Economic Evaluation of Managerial Decisions and Improtance of 92-110

a Succession Plan in the Growth Prospects of a Sugar Organisation

Vis-a-Vis Sugar Industry - by Dr. Rajeev Kumar Sharma

9. Complete Automation of Sugar Plant Through Computer Control System - 111 - 122

P. Solaimuthu & V. Manohar Rao

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PLENARY

1. Paper for Presentation at the Plenary Session of The Sugar

Technologist's Association of India at Mughal Sheraton, Agra

(India) Better Interaction between the Industry and Institutes

by - V.P. Rana

2.- Ethanol - A Bio-Solar Fuel Substitute for Meeting the Twin

Challenges of Vehicular Fuel Oil Scarcity and Pollution

by - H.B. Mathur

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