Evaluation of New Canal Point Sugarcane Clones
1997-98 Harvest Season

Abstract

Glaz, B., J.C. Comstock, P.Y.P. Tai, J.D. Miller, and L.Z. Liang. 1999. Evaluation of New Canal Point Sugarcane Clones: 1997-98 Harvest Season. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, ARS-151, 29 pp.

Twenty-eight replicated experiments were conducted on nine farms (representing four organic soils and two sand soils) to evaluate 46 new Canal Point (CP) clones of sugarcane from the CP 93, CP 92, CP 91, and CP 90 series. Experiments compared the cane and sugar yields of the new clones, complex hybrids of Saccharum spp., with yields of CP 70-1133, a minor cultivar on organic soils and the second most widely grown cultivar on sand soils in Florida. Yields are reported as metric tons of cane per hectare, metric tons of sugar per hectare, and kilograms of sugar per metric ton of cane. Each clone was rated for its susceptibility to diseases, and the CP 92 and CP 93 series clones were rated for their susceptibility to cold temperatures.

The audience for this publication includes geneticists, researchers, growers, extension agents, and individuals in industry who are interested in sugarcane clone development.

Keywords: Histosol, muck soil, organic soil, Puccinia melanocephala, Saccharum spp., stability-safety index, sugarcane cultivars, sugarcane rust, sugarcane smut, sugarcane yields, sugar yields, Ustilago scitaminea.

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Original posting: April 19, 1999.