INVESTIGATING SUGARCANE GENETIC MATERIAL INHERITED CAPABILITY FOR AGRONOMIC ATTRIBUTES UNDER AGRO-ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF JHANG

Abstract

Inherited production potential of sugarcane genome can only be explored on the availability of favorable environmental conditions. As well as quality genomic material has pivotal role in determining the cane and sugar yield of sugarcane. The study was conducted at Shakarganj Sugar Research Institute, Jhang with five cultivars viz. CSSG-676; CSSG-668; HoSG- 795; HoSG-529; NSG-59 and HSF-240 (standard) using Randomized Complete Block Design replicated thrice. NSG-59 superseded all the clones with good germination ability (79.10%), excellent production of millable cane count (129.95 × 103 ha-1) with higher cane weight (1.52kg) and ultimately produced maximum striped cane yield (124.33 tha-1) with higher harvest index (83.09%) as compared to other test clones. The sugar recovery was higher (12.03%) in HSF-240 (standard) but NSG-59 produced sugar yield (13.20 tha-1) substantially same with standard cultivar, under the agro-ecological conditions of Jhang.