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

Graminaeqe

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

30%

Special Season Planting

 

VARIETIES UNDER CULTIVATION

 

Early  

Co86032, CoC 92061, Co 86032, CoC 90063

Midlate

CoC91061, CoSi 86071, CoSi 96071, Co 6304, Co 85019,  Co 86249, Co 8021, Co86027, Co99004, Coc24

Special

All early varieties

 

 

Varieties Specially Suited to

 

Drought

CoC 85061, CoC 90063, Co 85019, Co86249,Co86032,CoSi 86071

Saline/ Alkaline Soils

CoSi 86071, CoG 93076,,Coc90063

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

 

Cane varieties under cultivation - 2010-11

Sl.

No.

High Sugar Varieties

Medium Sugar Varieties

Low Sugar Varieties

Variety

%

Variety

%

Variety

%

1

Co 86032

86.87

Co 961427

0

CoC 99061

0.01

2

CoV 92102

0.02

C 90063

0.53

Co 6304

9.18

3

Co 94101

0.02

Si 94045

0

 Co 62175

0.18

4

CO 86027

0.11

Coc 22

0.22

 Others

 2.85

5

C 960696

0

 

 

 

 

6

CoC 671

0

 

 

 

 

7

Coa 89085

0

 

 

 

 
8 COSI - 6 0
9 GOG - 5 0
10 CO 99004 0

 

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