CANE INFORMATION
            Sugar cane is  a traditional crop of India and it is under cultivation since time immemorial in the Indo-Gangetic belt. There are numerous mentions of sugarcane in several of our ancient books such as "Atharva Veda", "Rig Veda" etc dataing back to 1000BC TO 3000BC. Foreign travelers to India, about 2000 years ago, have mentioned about sugar cane. Buddhist literature has several mentions of sugar cane and sugar.

SUGARCANE 

 

Family

Graminaea

Class  

Monocotyledenes

Order 

Glumaceae

Cultivars

Complex Hybrids evolved from Species

Scientific Name

Saccharum  officinarum . L

Cultivated Species

1. Saccharum officinarum . L

 

2. Saccharum sinense Roxb

 

3. Saccharum barberi Jesw

SEASONS FOR SUGARCANE 

 

Early  

December – January ( Margazhi – Thai

Mid    

February – March ( Masi – Pankguni

Late

April – May ( Chitthirai – Vaikasi

Special

June – August ( Aanni – Avani )

AREA COVERAGE

 

Early and Mid Season planting

70%

Late Season Planting

20%

Special Season Planting

10%

VARIETIES UNDER CULTIVATION

 

Early  

 Co 86032,Co-89014,Co-99004,Co-99006,CoC-23,Co-94101,Co-94008,Co-92012,CoV-94101

Midlate

CoSi-6,CoC-22,Clone-960067

Special

All early varieties

 

 

Varieties Specially Suited to

 

Drought

Co-99004,Co-99006,CoSi-6,

Saline/ Alkaline Soils

CoSi-6,CoG-930076

More info…….. http:// Sugarcane-Breeding/tn.nic.net.in

 

Cane varieties under cultivation

Sl.

No.

High Sugar Varieties

Medium Sugar Varieties

Low Sugar Varieties

Variety

%

Variety

%

Variety

%

1

Co 86032

75.53

Co-Si-6

5.35

 0.00 0.00

2

Co-89014

 7..62

CoC

0.42

    

3

CoC-23

  1.45

C-960067

2.08

    

4

Co-99004

  1.34

        

5

Co-94101

  0.25

        

6

Co-94008

  4.67

        

7

O.V

  1.29

    

 

 
  TOTAL 92.15   7.85 0.00 0.00

 

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