The XXX ISSCT Congress was held in Tucumán, Argentina from 2 to 5 September 2019 and was attended by 738 delegates from some 45 countries. The Congress was preceded by the Pre-Congress Tour on 31 August and 1 September and followed by the Post-Congress from 6 to 8 September in Salta and Jujuy.
COMMUNICATIONS
The Keynote address was delivered by Dr. Plinio Nastari entitled “Giving value to ethanol as a clean and efficient
option of energy for future mobility”.Plenary Sessions
Plenary Sessions were held on:
Tuesday 3 September 2019
Plenary – Sugarcane production and the environment
- Schroeder – Enterprise-specific sustainable sugarcane production – making the most of what you’ve got!
- Minton – Sustainable production of chemicals, fuels and animal feed from C1 gases
- Abe – “Nissan Intelligent Power” and solid-oxide fuel cells for electric vehicle applications
Wednesday 4 September 2019
Plenary – Sugarcane economics
- Autrey – Competitiveness of different sugarcane industries in an era of low sugar prices
- Leal – Sugarcane agricultural residues: potential, bottlenecks and solutions
- Steindl – You want to build a new WHAT?
Thursday 5 September 2019
Plenary – Sugarcane versus sugar beet
- Jaggard – Factors affecting recent trends in sugar beet yields and implications for sugarcane productivity
- Jackson – Why are yields of sugarcane not increasing as much as sugar beet (or other crops)?
- Morgenroth – Comparison of beet and sugarcane production methods and opportunities for dual production
Communications of sections
302 Communications in all have been presented in the different Sections of the five Commissions during the week. There were 177 papers and 125 posters across the five Commissions of ISSCT including nine Plenary Sessions papers and six Workshops reports.
A shield was offered to the Senior Authors of the Best Papers. Certificates were awarded to Senior Authors and Co-Authors of the best papers of the 5 Commissions. Certificates were delivered Senior Authors and Co-Authors of the best posters.
Best Papers
| Commission | Authors | Title |
| Agriculture James E. Irvine Award | I. Lima and P. White Jr. | Sugarcane-bagasse and leaf-residue biochars as soil amendments for increased sugar and cane yields |
| Biology Robert Antoine Award | A. Cheavegatti-Gianotto, W. Oliveira, F. Lopes, A. Gentile, R. Onosaki and W. Burnquist | Development of CTC20BT, the first genetically modified sugarcane commercially available in the world |
| Factory Emile Hugot Award | G. Kent | Understanding milling tandem control |
| Co-Products Maurice Paturau Award | G. Eggleston and G. Aita | Exploration of sugarcane products as a major source of antioxidant phenolic extracts in commercial foods and beverages |
| Management H. William Kerr Award | S. Auzoux E. Scopel, M. Christina, C. Poser and J-C. Soulié | AEGIS, an extended information system to support agroecological transition for sugarcane industries |
Best Posters
| Commission | Authors | Title |
| Agriculture Norman Joseph King Award | S. Duquesne and P. Rondeau | Development of mechanization of sugarcaneharvesting in a highly constrained context: the case of Réunion |
| Biology Ernest Victor Abbott Award | R. Atencio, F-R. Goebel and V. Murillo | Host plants associated with Diatraea tabernella Dyar (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in sugarcane in Panamá |
| Factory John Clayton Award | K. Aparatana, K. Saengprachatanarug,Y. Izumikawa, S. Nakamura and E. Taira | Identification and quantification of trash in delivered sugarcane using hyperspectral imaging and chemometric techniques |
| Co-Products August John Vlitos Award | G. Aita, Y-H. Moon, C. Verrit and T. Foster | Production of xylooligosaccharides by acid hydrolysis from energy-cane bagasse as a source of prebiotics antimicrobials from sugarcane bagasse |
2019 EARLY CAREER AWARD WINNER
Mr. Daniel Poultney from Réunion Island, France has won the 2019 Early Career Award and the prize is the sponsoring of his attendance to the next Agronomy Workshop.
The Proceedings comprising both papers and posters are available on ISSCT website in the Members’ Corner. Arrangements have been made with the four Journals: International Sugar Journal, Sugar Cane International, Sugar Journal (of New Orleans), Zucker Industrie and Sugar Tech to publish some communications selected by them in their forthcoming issues during the year.