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Sugar cane resource development centre

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Bernard SIEGMUND | Director

siegmund@ercane.re

(+262) 262 28 21 29

29 rue d’Emmerez de Charmoy BP. 60315 97494 Sainte Clotilde Cedex

https://www.ercane.re/

research domains
- Plant breeding : Study of adaptation to diverse agri-climatic conditions
- Industrial automated systems : Setting up and maintaining digital
  control and command systems
- Sugar production : Process optimisation
- Green chemistry : New ways to use by-products from the sugar industry
- Cultivation techniques : Development of methods for adaptation to local conditions
Areas of expertise
-Sugar cane plant breeding
-Quantitative genetics
-Molecular biology
-Agronomic trials
-Best practices for trials
-Sugar cane fertilisers (organic and mineral)
-Sugar manufacturing process
-Biorefinery
-Automated systems
Main facilities
- Industrial processes and innovations : equipment generally found in
  industrial laboratories (polarimeter, refractometer, etc.). Plus : HPIC Dionex
  ICS 3000 (high-performance ion chromatography) HPLC Waters Alliance
  (high-performance liquid chromatography) NIRS Foss (near-infra-red
  spectrophotometer) Image analysis Aw-meter, laminar flow cabinet
- For the bio-refining : green chemistry and microbiology laboratory Laminarflow
  industrial automation laboratory for microbiological analyses, the Sorbonne for organic chemistry
- Hybridisation and plant breeding : two hybridisation greenhouses equipped with timer and micro-spraying systems, complete chain-analysis of cane sugar
- 7 plant breeding stations
- micro-caterpillar tractor and adapted tools
- glyphomulch, swath aerator
List of existing services
- Brand : R Variety
- Crystallisation methods, research monitoring, specialist systems produced by the CERF
- New analytical methods (elimination of chemical products, use of simpler methods)
- Automated sugar production, distillation and energy generation processes
- Production of specific sensors
- Drafting guidance and technical data sheets for producers
- Training
- Exporting know-how and international partnerships
- Automated industrial processes laboratory : test bench to develop
  process-automation programmes and undertake test prior to launching (potentiometer sensors, switches and an AC800F central unit linked to the control positions).
key collaborative projects

RITA-CANNE
Partners : Cirad, Chamber of Agriculture, TSOI, Artas

TERO
Partners : Cirad, Chamber of Agriculture, TSOI, Arvalis
2014-2032
EAFRD

Plant breeding : Study of adaptation to diverse agri-climatic conditions
Industrial automated systems : Setting up and maintaining digital
control and command systems
Sugar production : Process optimisation
Green chemistry : New ways to use by-products from the sugar industry
Cultivation techniques : Development of methods for adaptation to local conditions

Areas of expertise
-Sugar cane plant breeding
-Quantitative genetics
-Molecular biology
-Agronomic trials
-Best practices for trials
-Sugar cane fertilisers (organic and mineral)
-Sugar manufacturing process
-Biorefinery
-Automated systems

Industrial processes and innovations : equipment generally found in
industrial laboratories (polarimeter, refractometer, etc.). Plus : HPIC Dionex
ICS 3000 (high-performance ion chromatography) HPLC Waters Alliance
(high-performance liquid chromatography) NIRS Foss (near-infra-red
spectrophotometer) Image analysis Aw-meter, laminar flow cabinet
For the bio-refining : green chemistry and microbiology laboratory Laminarflow
industrial automation laboratory for microbiological analyses, the Sorbonne for organic chemistry
Hybridisation and plant breeding : two hybridisation greenhouses equipped with timer and micro-spraying systems, complete chain-analysis of cane sugar
7 plant breeding stations
micro-caterpillar tractor and adapted tools
glyphomulch, swath aerator

Brand : R Variety
Crystallisation methods, research monitoring, specialist systems produced by the CERF
New analytical methods (elimination of chemical products, use of simpler methods)
Automated sugar production, distillation and energy generation processes
Production of specific sensors
Drafting guidance and technical data sheets for producers
Training
Exporting know-how and international partnerships
Automated industrial processes laboratory : test bench to develop
process-automation programmes and undertake test prior to launching (potentiometer sensors, switches and an AC800F central unit linked to the control positions).

RITA-CANNE
Partners : Cirad, Chamber of Agriculture, TSOI, Artas

TERO
Partners : Cirad, Chamber of Agriculture, TSOI, Arvalis
2014-2032
EAFRD

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