Environmental impacts of sugar production : the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet / Oliver D. Cheesman, CABI Bioscience UK Centre, Surrey, UK.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004Copyright date: 2004Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Sugar crops -- Environmental aspects
- Field Crops, (New March 2000)
- Plant Production
- Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
- Soil Fertility
- Water Resources
- Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation
- Meteorology and Climate
- Pollution and Degradation
- Sugar and Sugar Products
- Plant Wastes
- Industrial Wastes and Effluents
- Plant Ecology
- Animal Ecology
- Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera
- Saccharum
- Saccharum officinarum
- Air pollution
- Beet molasses
- Beet pulp
- Biodiversity
- Cane molasses
- Cultivation
- Environmental impact
- Erosion
- Irrigation
- Polluted soils
- Polluted water
- Soil degradation
- Soil fertility
- Soil pollution
- Soil types
- Sugar factory waste
- Sugar industry
- Sugarbeet
- Sugarbeet tops
- Sugarcane
- Sugarcane bagasse
- Sugarcane byproducts
- Sugarcane tops
- Sugarcane trash
- Water pollution
- Water quality
- Water use
- FF005
- FF100
- JJ200
- JJ600
- PP200
- PP400
- PP500
- PP600
- QQ020
- XX200
- XX400
- ZZ331
- ZZ332
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- SB217 .C55 2004eb
This book contains 8 chapters on the environmental impact of the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugarbeet. The chapters are entitled: (1) background; (2) overview; (3) water consumption; (4) impacts on water quality and aquatic ecosystems; (5) impacts on terrestrial biodiversity; (6) impacts on soils; (7) atmospheric impacts; and (8) use and impacts of byproducts. This book will be of significant interest to policymakers, industry practitioners and researchers in sugar, crop, soil, water and environmental sciences.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-227) and index.
Background -- Overview -- Water Consumption -- Impacts on Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems -- Impacts on Terrestrial Biodiversity -- Impacts on Soils -- Atmospheric Impacts -- Use and Impacts of By-products.
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