Potential technologies to measure sugarcane quality in the field.

The need for a reliable in-field quality measurement in sugarcane industry is growing as the industry is moving towards the adoption of Precision Agriculture (PA) technique. However, current monitoring systems in sugarcane industry only monitor crop yield and have no ability to measure product quality. This is a serious limitation in PA technologies due to considerable quality variation across the paddock. Most of the current technologies can only be used measure sugarcane quality in a laboratory. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to review current quality measurement technologies in sugarcane industry and their potential applications and limitations for in-field use. The new emerging technologies which have potentials to be applied for in-field quality measurement were also reviewed.

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