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Saccharum officinarum
(Sugarcane) Life
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> Family: Poaceae
Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia and grown
commercially worldwide to produce sugar from the sucrose in the sap of this
grass.
Ecological relationships
Acetobacter diazotrophicus
Bacteria
Acid-producing, nitrogen-fixing bacteria that are found in roots, root
hairs, stems and leaves of certain varieties of sugarcane plants. |
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