The post-harvest deterioration is most vexing problems of sugar industry and these losses due to Leuconostoc spp. cause enormous depreciation in cane tonnage and recovery. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the invasion of Leuconostoc spp. in sugarcane.Single internode is divided in three layers, viz., rind, first half and second half. Leuconsotoc spp. was grown and identified on specific growth media using juice from three portions of both the internodes (with cracks and without cracks) separately. Total Leuconostoc load, bacterial characterization, total soluble solids (TSS), reducing sugars (RS) and dextran were also determined.T h e r e s u l t s revealed that cracked portions were incurred with Leuconostoc, however, rind layer had highest load followed by first half than the second half. More RS, high TSS and dextrans were q u a n t i f i e d i n c r a c k e d internode than without crack i n t e r n o d e . R i n d l a y e r reported to have high RS, TSS and dextrans than the other portions.
Canes possessing cracks had h i g h e r i n v a s i o n o fLeuconostoc spp., RS and dextran content than the ones lacking cracks leading to higher loss in sucrose content. Thus, there is a need to control these bacteria in sugarcane, especially in standing canes.
Indian dairy sector is estimated to contribute around 18.5 per cent of world total milk production from 512.1 million livestock (Sarvade and Upadhyay, 2019) with annual growth rate around 4.1 per cent.
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