Evaluation of New Canal Point Sugarcane Clones
1998-99 Harvest Season

Abstract

Glaz, B., P.Y.P. Tai, J.C. Comstock, J.D. Miller, J. Follis, and L.Z. Liang. 2000. Evaluation of New Canal Point Sugarcane Clones: 1998-99 Harvest Season. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, ARS-153, 31 pp.

Twenty-eight replicated experiments were conducted on nine farms (representing five organic soils and two sand soils) to evaluate 44 new Canal Point (CP) clones of sugarcane from the CP 94, CP 93, CP 92, and CP 91 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 commercial cultivar on organic soils and the third most widely grown cultivar on sand soils in Florida. Each clone was rated for its susceptibility to diseases, and all but the CP 91 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: June 20, 2000.