The supply of raw material with high technological quality is the most important issue to guarantee industrial productivity. The objective of this work was to evaluate the technological quality sugarcane uppon application of ripeners from the class of growth inhibitors (Sulfomethuron methyl, Glyphosate and Compounds of organic carboxylic radicals + Glyphosate) in the middle of the cropping season. The experiment was carried out in ratoon cane during two subsequent crops (2004/2005) at Bosque Farm, Igaracu do Tietê (SP), and treatments application in May 10, 2004 and August 04, 2005. The treatments consisted of three plant regulators application and a control (natural ripening). Agronomic efficiency was influenced by weather conditions in each crop season. The ripeners application in May 10, 2004 increased the sucrose content in stems, resulting in improvement of technological quality of raw material, but not affecting the productivity of stems. The ripeners influenced significantly the sugar production of witch increase the overall economic revenue.
Saccharum spp.; ripeners; glyphosate; sulfomethuron methyl; ripening
