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Calcium Silicate Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils

, Ronald Rice, andLeslie Baucum
Contacts: Niguss Solomon Hailegnaw


Release Date: 9/22/2022

Reviewed At: 3/4/2026

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-sc092-2011

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.

About this Publication

This document is SS-AGR-350, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy. Original publication date July 2011. Revised October 2015, November 2021, and December 2025. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication. This publication is also a part of the Florida Sugarcane Handbook, an electronic publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy. For more information, contact the editor of the Sugarcane Handbook, Hardev Sandhu (hsandhu@ufl.edu).

How to Cite

McCray, J. M., Rice, R. W., & Baucum, L. E. (2012). Calcium Silicate Recommendations for Sugarcane on Florida Organic Soils. EDIS, 2012(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-sc092-2011

Authors

J. Mabry McCray
J. Mabry McCray

scientist (retired), sugarcane nutrition, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center

Ronald Rice
Ronald Rice
County agent
University of Florida

county Extension director, and Extension agent IV, Ph.D., UF/IFAS Extension Palm Beach County

Leslie Baucum
Leslie Baucum
external
University of Florida

former regional sugarcane/agronomic Extension agent II, Hendry County, South Florida Beef-Forage Program

Contacts

Niguss Solomon Hailegnaw
Niguss Solomon Hailegnaw
Specialist
University of Florida

assistant professor, crop nutrient management, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center

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