Co 88017, a promising sugarcane variety
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Date
1996
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Kerala Agricultural University
Abstract
The results of the study on sixteen zonal varieties received from the All India Co-ordinated
Project (AICRP) on Sugarcane along with Madhuri (CoTl 88322), the ruling variety in Kerala as check
revealed that Co 88017 out yielded the check in tenns of cane yield as well as commercial cane sugar. It
has recorded a cane yield of 102.5 t ha.' and sugar yield of 13.18 t ha'. This variety was superior to many
other entries tested in quality aspects of juice. Co 88017 was moderately resistant to red rot disease.
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Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 34 (1), 25-27.