Evaluation Of Some New Sugarcane Varieties For Cane Yield And Quality In Different Agro-ecological Zones Of Sindh

Abstract

A comparative study for cane yield and quality performance on five newly developed sugarcane varieties namely, HoTh-401, HoTh-409, HoTh-420, HoTh-432 and HoTh-438 against the standard variety Thatta-10 was conducted at three locations of Sindh viz., Matiari, Sanghar and Tando Allahyar. All the varieties showed variable genetic behavior for cane yield, CCS% and sugar yield at different locations. The overall calculated average results for all three locations revealed that HoTh-409 remained superior by producing maximum average cane yield against check variety Thatta-10. However, the variety HoTh-420 displayed almost equal performance for average cane yield against the check variety. Likewise, the rest of the varieties like HoTh-438, HoTh-432 and HoTh-401 exhibited comparable performance with regard to average cane yield but could not surpass the Thatta10.

The comparison of varietal means for commercial cane sugar percentage in all three locations indicated that the varieties HoTh-401, HoTh-438 and HoTh-409 remained best by producing maximum average CCS% against the Thatta-10. The comparison of varietals means for sugar yield indicated that the variety HoTh-409 remained best by producing maximum average sugar yield. While, the check variety Thatta-10 and HoTh-420 remained almost similar to each other in terms of this trait. This one year’s study is not enough to judge the true potential of a variety. Therefore, it was suggested that the performance of these varieties should to be investigated under different agro-climatic conditions of Sindh for several years so as to extract the ample conclusions.