EVALUATION OF YIELD AND YIELD CONTRIBUTING PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENT SUGARCANE (SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L.) VARIETIES UNDER NATIONAL UNIFORM VARIETAL YIELD TRIAL

Abstract

A comparative study trial was conducted on the suitability of thirteen (13) sugarcane varieties at the field of Quaid-e-Awam Agriculture Research Institute, Larkana, Sindh during the year 2005-06. Among these varieties L-116 considered as check. It was found that all of tested varieties except one (S2001-US-400) produced significantly higher cane yield as compared to check variety. Variety LRK-2004 produced the highest cane yield (186.21) followed by variety Ganj Bakhsh with mean cane yield of (135.91) tones ha-1 . Varieties NIA-2004 and Chandka also gave good results with cane yield of 129.23 and 128.39 tones ha-1 respectively. Therefore, there is a great increase in production of cane by using these varieties at farmers’ field in upper Sindh.