THE SUGAR INDUSTRY AND COTTON CROPS -- THE SUGAR INDUSTRY AND COTTON CROPS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- APPLICATION OF NANO- AND ULTRAFILTRATION IN SUGAR INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Membrane Separation Processes -- 1.2. Fouling of the Membrane and Concentration Polarization -- 1.3. Sugar Industry -- 1.4. Ultrafiltration in Sugar Industry -- 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 2.1. Material and Methods for Ultra- and Nanofiltration of Sugar Syrup Using Polymer Membrane -- 2.2. Ultrafiltration of Sugar Syrup Using Ceramic Membrane -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 3.1. Ultra- and Nanofiltration of Sugar Syrup Using Polymer Membranes -- 3.2. Ultrafiltration of Sugar Syrup Using Ceramic Membrane with and without Static Mixer -- 4. CONCLUSION -- 5. LIST OF SYMBOLS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- RECLAMATION OF WASTELAND FOR CULTIVATION OF COTTON CROP THROUGH APPLICATION OF POND ASH AND ITS LEACHATE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBAL ASH PRODUCTION -- Ash Utilization in Different Areas -- Ash Utilization in Agriculture and Forestry -- COTTON PRODUCTION -- Soil Types and Suitability for Cotton Production -- WASTELAND IN INDIA -- SOIL CHARACTERISTICS -- Physical Characteristics -- Chemical Characteristics -- MAJOR, SECONDARY AND MICRO- NUTRIENTS AND TRACE AND HEAVY METALS -- Major Elements or Macronutrients -- Secondary Nutrients -- Micronutrients -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Experimental Details -- Collection of Samples and Analysis -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PLANT CELL WALL DERIVED SUGARS AS SUBSTRATES FOR FUNGI AND INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- D-Glucose Release and Metabolism -- D-Xylose Release and Metabolism -- L-Arabinose Release and Metabolism -- D-Galactose Release and Metabolism -- D-Mannose Release and Metabolism -- L-Rhamnose Release and Metabolism.

D-Galacturonic Acid Release and Metabolism -- REGULATION OF SUGAR METABOLISM IN FUNGI -- Regulation of Pentose Metabolism -- Regulation of Galactose Metabolism -- Regulation of D-Mannose, L-Rhamnose and D-Galacturonic Acid Metabolism -- BIOTECHNOLOGICAL RELEVANCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- COTTON FIBRE GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION METHODS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. NEED OF COTTON FIBRE GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION -- 3. EVOLUTION OF COTTON FIBRE GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION -- 4. ROLES OF COTTON FIBRE PROPERTIES ON YARN PROPERTIES -- 4.1. Fibre Length -- 4.2. Fibre Tenacity -- 4.3. Fibre Fineness -- 4.4. Fibre Maturity -- 4.5. Fibre Elongation -- 4.6. Short Fibre Content -- 4.7. Colour -- 4.8. Leaf Grade and Extraneous Matter -- 5. METHODS OF COTTON GRADING AND CLASSIFICATION -- 5.1. Grade -- 5.2. Fibre Quality Index -- 5.3. Spinning Consistency Index -- 5.4. Premium-Discount Index -- 5.5. Multi-Criteria Decision Making -- 5.5.1. Analytic Hierarchy Process -- 5.5.2. Revised Analytic Hierarchy Process -- 5.5.3. Multiplicative Analytic HierarchyPprocess -- 5.5.4. TOPSIS -- 6. CASE STUDY: COMPARISON OF COTTON FIBRE GRADING METHODS USED IN TEXTILE SPINNING INDUSTRIES -- 6.1. Cotton Fibre and Yarn Data -- 6.2. Execution of Various Grading Methods -- 6.2.1. Premium-discount index -- 6.2.2. Revised AHP -- 6.2.2.1. Hierarchy formulation for cotton fibre quality -- 6.2.2.2. Determination of weights of decision criteria and sub-criteria -- 6.2.2.3. Expression for cotton fibre quality -- 6.2.3. Multiplicative AHP -- 6.2.4. TOPSIS -- 6.3. Results and Discussion -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- PROTEIN ANALYSIS OF ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS RESPONSE DURING COTTON VEGETATIVE GROWTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- KNOWLEDGE FROM HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN RESEARCH -- Stress Signaling and Regulation of the Stress Response.

Abiotic Stress-Adaptive Proteins -- Biotic Stress-Adaptive Proteins -- KNOWLEDGE FROM DATA-DRIVEN RESEARCH -- COTTON PROTEOME ANALYSIS A POWERFUL BUT CHALLENGING APPROACH -- PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF STRESS PROTEIN ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SUGAR IN HAWAII: THE POTENTIAL FOR SUGARCANE ETHANOL IN REDUCING ENERGY DEPENDENCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN HAWAII -- HAWAII'S SUGAR INDUSTRY UNDER US RULE -- HAWAII'S VULNERABILITY TO OIL SHOCKS -- REDUCING OIL SHOCK EXPOSURE VIA SUGARCANE ETHANOL -- ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF SUGARCANE ETHANOL IN HAWAII -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TRANSGENIC SUGAR BEET -- ABSTRACT -- 1. TRANSFORMATION OF SUGAR BEET -- 2. DELIBERATE RELEASE -- 3. HERBICIDE TOLERANCE -- 4. ROUNDUP-TOLERANCE -- 5. ADVANTAGES OF ROUNDUP TOLERANCE -- 6. ECONOMICS OF ROUNDUP TOLERANCE -- 7. GLYFOSINATE TOLERANCE -- 8. RHIZOMANIA RESISTANCE -- 9. NEMATODE RESISTANCE -- 10. PROSPECTS OF TRANSGENIC SUGAR BEET -- 11. PUBLIC CONCERNS - CONSUMER SAFETY -- 12. PUBLIC CONCERNS - PESTICIDE USAGE AND BIODIVERSITY -- 13. PUBLIC CONCERNS - SPREAD OF TRANSGENES -- 14. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INTERACTIONS BETWEEN COTTON CROPS AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI (AMF) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Planting Status of Cotton: World and China -- 2. Fertilization Management of Cotton Crops -- 2.1. Importance of nutrients for cotton growth -- 2.2. Risks for high fertilizer input and fertilization strategy -- 3. Beneficial Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) to Cotton Plants -- 3.1. Roles in nutrient uptake -- 3.2. Roles in disease resistance -- 3.3. Stress resistance -- 4. Interactions between Bt Transgenic Cottons and Community of AMF in Agro-Ecosystems -- 4.1. Bt toxins from Bt transgenic crops: release ways, persistence, accumulation and fate.

4.2. Temporal-spatial relevance between fungal development of AMF and Bt toxin occurrence from Bt transgenic crops -- 4.3. Evidences of Bt transgenic crop effects on AMF symbiotic development -- 4.4. Effects of Bt transgenic crops on symbiotic development and diversity of AMF: hypotheses of possible mechanisms -- 5. Research Prospects -- REFERENCES -- ECONOMICS OF MANAGEMENT ZONE DELINEATION IN COTTON PRECISION AGRICULTURE: A MULTI-YEAR ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA -- 2.1. Experimental Design of the Field -- 2.2. Interpolation Procedures -- 3. EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY AND ESTIMATION PROCEDURES -- 3.1. General Description of the ESDA Approach -- 3.2. Yield Response Estimation Methods for a Single Year Analysis: Spatial Econometric Approaches -- 3.3. Yield Response Estimation Methods for a Multi-Year Analysis: The Spatial Panel Data Econometric Approach -- 3.4. The Economic Optimization Model and Net Return Evaluation -- 4. MANAGEMENT ZONE DELINEATION USING A SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION MEASURE: A SINGLE YEAR ANALYSIS -- 4.1. Application of the ESDA Approach in Delineating Management Zones for Nitrogen -- 4.2. Yield Response Estimation Results and Model Diagnostics -- 4.3. Estimated Net Returns, Yields, and N Levels -- 4.4. Sensitivity Analysis -- 4.5. Single Year Analysis Summary -- 5. THE ROLE OF SPATIAL PANEL DATA TECHNIQUES FOR RESPONSE FUNCTION ESTIMATION: THE MULTIYEAR ANALYSIS -- 5.1. Application of the ESDA Approach in Delineating Management Zones for Nitrogen in a Multiyear Analysis -- 5.2. The ―Average‖ Yield Response Estimation Results for the Three Year Period and Model Diagnostics -- 5.3. Estimated Average Net Returns -- 5.4. Sensitivity Analysis -- 5.5. Stability and its Implications for Year-by-Year Ex Post and Ex Ante Economic Analysis -- 5.6. Multi-year Analysis Summary -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

THE SUGAR INDUSTRY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE GLOBAL SUGAR MARKET -- THE EU SUGAR REGIME -- THE EU SUGAR PREFERENCES -- THE EU-ACP EPA -- FIJI'S SUGAR INDUSTRY -- THE SUGARCANE CROP -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF FIJI'S SUGAR -- THE BIRTH AND OPERATION OF THE FIJI SUGAR COMMISSION -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY -- THE SUGAR DADDIES -- LAND POLICY AND ISSUES -- STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.