SCREENING OF SOME SUGARCANE (SACCARUM OFFICINARUM L.) VARIETIES FOR DIFFERENT AGRONOMIC TRAITS UNDER AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF UPPER SINDH PROVINCE

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of nineteen Sugarcane varieties for their different agronomic traits and yield characters in an experimental field of Quaid-e-Awam Agricultural Research Institute, Larkana, Sindh during the years 2006-07 and 2007-08. The results revealed that during the first year 2006-07 maximum cane yield of 192.47 tons ha-1 was recorded for the variety HoTH-300 followed by the variety LRK-2004 having cane yield of 181.37 tons ha-1. The results for the second year 2007-08 revealed that the maximum cane yield of 207.52 tons ha-1 was recorded in variety LRK-2004 followed by the variety HoTH-300 having the cane yield of 168.61 tons ha-1. The varieties LRK-2003, CP NIA-82-1026 SC-P5 and HoTH-127 also performed better for the cane yield parameter. It is concluded that these varieties could be promising varieties for general cultivation in farmers’ fields of upper Sindh province.