Evaluation of the sugar content along the stalk height of sugarcane plants for different growth conditions: Statistical analysis

Dina M. R. Mateus, Henrique J. O. Pinho, Luís M. Grilo

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Abstract

The Brix degree is an indicator of sugarcane juice sugar content but it is not uniform along the plant stalk height. To evaluate the Brix on the height measurement of the stalk, three groups of sugarcane samples were compared. The groups consisted in different growth conditions under Portuguese mainland climate: (i) growth in a constructed wetland filled with clay brick fragments used to treat secondary wastewater; (ii) growth in a deactivated but irrigated constructed wetland filled with clay lightweight aggregate; (iii) growth in soil with irrigation. Some descriptive statistics were obtained for the three groups and 95% confidence intervals (also including bootstrap BCa procedure) were computed and compared. The one-way ANOVA demonstrates that different growth conditions do not affect the relative height position of the stalk average Brix representative internode. A simple linear regression was adjusted to model the relationship between the relative Brix with the relative measurement height and might be used to predict the sugarcane juice sugar content.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2018, ICCMSE 2018
EditorsTheodore E. Simos, Zacharoula Kalogiratou, Theodore Monovasilis
PublisherAIP - American Institute of Physics
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-073541766-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2018
EventInternational Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2018, ICCMSE 2018 - Thessaloniki, Greece
Duration: 14 Mar 201818 Mar 2018

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)
Volume2040
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering 2018, ICCMSE 2018
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityThessaloniki
Period14/03/1818/03/18

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