ADAPTABILITY OF PROMISING SUGARCANE CLONES/VARIETIES AT FARMER’S FIELD IN THAL AND SOUTHERN PUNJAB

Abstract

Some promising sugarcane clones/varieties of sugarcane research institute, Faisalabad which become moderately susceptible to red rot in North Punjab and some disease-free varieties were tested for their performance at five locations during February-March, 2016 in “Thal†and South Punjab. The trials were conducted at farmers’ field using Randomize Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The data on germination%, tillers per plant, number of mill able canes, cane yield t/ha and commercial cane sugar %(CCS) were recorded during the course of study. The clone S2003-US-633 performed better as compared to other varieties with respect to yield. The CCS% of sugarcane clone S2003US-127 was statistically significant which was followed by others. In South Punjab S2006US-658 produced statistically significant cane yield.