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Research Project: Understanding and Incorporating Disease Resistance into New Sugarcane Cultivars

Location: Sugarcane Field Station

Title: Registration of ‘CP 13-4513’ sugarcane for sand soils in Florida.

Author
item LESMES, RICARDO - University Of Florida
item ZHAO, DULI - Retired ARS Employee
item Sood, Sushma
item Momotaz, Aliya
item DAVIDSON, WAYNE - Florida Sugar Cane League
item Islam, Md
item BALTAZAR, MIGUEL - Florida Sugar Cane League
item Gordon, Vanessa
item Coto Arbelo, Orlando
item SANDHU, HARDEV - University Of Florida

Submitted to: Journal of Plant Registrations
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/4/2025
Publication Date: 2/19/2026
Citation: Lesmes, R., Zhao, D., Sood, S.G., Momotaz, A., Davidson, W.R., Islam, M.S., Baltazar, M., Gordon, V.S., Coto Arbelo, O., Sandhu, H. 2026. Registration of ‘CP 13-4513’ sugarcane for sand soils in Florida. Journal of Plant Registrations. 20,e70042_. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.70020.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.70020

Interpretive Summary: CP 13-4513’ sugarcane was developed through cooperative research conducted by the USDA–ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., and released to growers for organic (muck) soils in Florida in June 2021. CP 13-4513 had cane yield, sucrose yield, and economic index like the reference cultivar, ‘CP 96-1252’. CP 13-4513 has a good disease package with resistance to leaf scald, orange rust, ratoon stunt disease, mosaic, and moderate resistance to smut. CP 13-4513 is susceptible to brown rust but can be efficiently controlled with fungicides. CP 13-4513 is usually an excellent germinator on sand soils, with better height, tillering, and shading than CL 88-4730 in plant cane.

Technical Abstract: ‘CP 13-4513’ (Reg. no. CV-221, PI 705649) sugarcane, developed through cooperative research conducted by the USDA-ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., was released to growers for mineral soils in Florida in June 2021. The expansion potential of sugarcane acreage on mineral soils in Florida increases the importance of new cultivar development for this soil type. CP 13-4513 offers a good disease package with its resistance to leaf scald (caused by Xanthomonas albilineans Ashby, Dowson), orange rust (caused by Puccinia kuehnii E.J. Butler), ratoon stunt disease (caused by Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli Evtushenko et al.), Sugarcane mosaic virus (strain E), and moderate resistance to smut [caused by Sporisorium scitamineum (Syd.) M. Piepenbring et al.]. CP 13-4513 is susceptible to brown rust (caused by Puccinia melanocephala H. & P. Sydow), but this disease can be efficiently controlled with fungicides. The 3-year sandy-soil production summary (i.e., plant cane, first ratoon, and second ratoon) demonstrated commercially recoverable sucrose (CRS), cane yields, and sugar yields comparable to the commercial sand check ‘CL 88-4730’. Compared to the other reference check, ‘CP 96-1252’, CP 13-4513 produced more CRS and less cane yield. The economic index of CP 13-4513 was not significantly different from that of CL 88-4730 or CP 96-1252. CP 13-4513 displayed excellent germination on sand, and greater cane height, tillering capability, and canopy shading than ‘CL 88-4730’ in plant cane. CP 13-4513 exhibits heavy flowering that starts in early December.