Risks that affect the development of sugarcane

The influence of factors that reduce sugarcane productivity emerges when water, environment, physiology, and operation cease to act in an integrated manner in the sugarcane field. According to Marco Antônio Viana, Specialist in Diagnosis, Agricultural Master Plan, and Business Plan, these elements do not appear in isolation and tend to intensify when hydrological management is ignored. The origin of the problems usually lies in plantings carried out outside the adequate limit of water in the soil, which causes slow canopy, higher incidence of direct light, increased presence of invasive plants, excessive evaporation, continuous stress, and the development of superficial roots, a situation that makes the restrictive environments even more vulnerable. Among the consequences of this imbalance is the advancement of pests and diseases. The Sphenophorus levis finds favorable conditions in areas of old stools, with failures in mechanical elimination, persistent compaction, water stress, ...