Registration of ‘CP 14-1377’ sugarcane for organic soils in Florida

Authors: Sood, Sushma; Momotaz, Aliya; BALTAZAR, MIGUEL - Florida Sugarcane League; Coto Arbelo, Orlando; DAVIDSON, WAYNE - Florida Sugarcane League; Islam, Md; SANDHU, HARDEV - University Of Florida; Zhao, Duli; Gordon, Vanessa

Submitted to: Journal of Plant Registrations
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/22/2022
Publication Date: 1/5/2023
Citation: Sood, S.G., Momotaz, A., Baltazar, M., Coto Arbelo, O., Davidson, W.R., Islam, M.S., Sandhu, H., Zhao, D., Gordon, V.S. 2023. Registration of ‘CP 14-1377’ sugarcane for organic soils in Florida. Journal of Plant Registrations. 17:114-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20275.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20275

Interpretive Summary: Sugarcane cultivar, CP 14-1377, was developed through cooperative research conducted by the USDA-ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. and released by the Florida Sugarcane Variety Committee (FSVC) to growers in Florida for commercial production on organic (muck) soils in June 2021. It was selected from a polycross made at Canal Point (CP) in the 2012 crossing season with a CP sugarcane breeding line CP 03-1094 as a female parent and several male parents. CP 14-1377 was released by FSVC because of its high cane and sucrose yields, acceptable commercial recoverable sugar, and resistance to most significant diseases. The results of 15 harvests of three crops (plant cane, first ratoon, and second ratoon) at five locations in the final-stage replicated yield trials on muck soils showed that CP 14-1377 did not differ in cane yield from the three commercial reference cultivars CP 00-1101, CP 96-1252 and CPCL 05-1201. CP 14-1377 performed equal or better in all the yield traits and disease resistance than CP 96-1252, the top cultivar in Florida. It also had similar yield traits values except stalk population than CPCL 05-1201, a cultivar competing with CP 96-1252 in the production for the top place.

Technical Abstract: ‘CP 14-1377’ (Reg. no. CV-211, PI 700115), a new sugarcane (a complex hybrid of Saccharum spp.) cultivar, was developed through cooperative research conducted by the USDA-ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. CP 14-1377 was selected from the polycross (X12-1500) between CP 03-1094 and Poly12-29 (several males) made at Canal Point, FL on 20 Dec. 2012. It was released for cultivation on organic soils in June 2021 because of its higher stalk population, sugar yield, and economic index (profitability) than the reference check, ‘CP 96-1252’. The cane fiber content of CP 14-1377 (137.00 kg Mg-1) was 3% higher than that of CP 96-1252 and 2% lower than that of ‘CP 00-1101’ and ‘CPCL 05-1201’. At the time of its release, CP 14-1377 was resistant to brown rust [caused by Puccinia melanocephala (H. & P. Sydow)], orange rust [caused by Puccinia kuehnii (E.J. Butler)], smut [caused by Sporisorium scitamineum (Syd., M. Piepenbr., M. Stoll & Oberw)], mosaic (caused by Sugarcane mosaic virus strain E), and ratoon stunt disease [caused by Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli (Evtsuhenko et al.)]. It was also moderately resistant to leaf scald [caused by Xanthomonas albilineans (Ashby, Dowson)] and Sugarcane yellow leaf virus. It had an acceptable level of freeze tolerance for Florida. CP 14-1377 had yield and disease traits superior to the widely grown cultivar CP 96-1252; therefore, CP 14-1377 has the potential to positively affect sugarcane production in Florida.