Question
Download Solution PDFWhat is the major source of sugar in India?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Saccharum Officinarum.
About Saccharum Officinarum:
- Sugarcane is a Large and Strong Growing Species of Grass in the Genus Saccharum. Saccharum Officinarum is the Biological name of Sugarcane and originated in New Guinea(Melanesia), Its Stout Stalks are rich in Sucrose (a simple sugar which accumulates in the Stalk Internodes).
- It originated in Southeast Asia and is now cultivated in Tropical and Subtropical countries worldwide for the Production of Sugar and other sugary products.
- Saccharum officinarum is one of the most Intensely and Productive kinds of Sugarcane. It can interbreed with other Sugarcane Species, such as Saccharum Barberi and Saccharum Sinense.
- The Extraction of Sugarcane juice and Boiling to concentrate it was Probably First done in India more than 2000 years ago.
- In India, Uttar Pradesh has the largest area of sugarcane farming area in the country almost 50 percent used for sugarcane farming land in the state.
Images of the Sugarcane plant:
Notes:
- Cuba was previously known as the ''Sugarbowl of the world". The capital of Cuba is Havana. Now, Brazil is called The Sugarbowl of the world
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