7 Sweet Releases In Florida Sugarcane
New and improved sugarcane varieties are an important part of keeping growers and the industry productive. In the photo gallery above, there are a few new varieties from the Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program, which were approved at this summer’s Variety Committee Meeting.
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CP 09-1385
This variety has been released for muck and sandy soils. It has moderate to tall plant height with mostly medium to large barrels. It usually is an average to good germinator on muck and sandy soils.
It has been rated resistant to brown rust and mosaic on muck and sandy soils. It is moderately resistant to orange rust, smut, and yellow leaf disease on both soil types. CP 09-1385 is moderately resistant to leaf scald on sand, but is susceptible on muck soil types.
Three-year production across all soils showed the commercial recoverable sugar (CRS) for CP 09-1385 at 252.3 pounds per ton.Photo courtesy of Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-1822
This variety has been released for sandy soils. It is medium-plus to tall in height with mostly medium to large barrels in plant cane and in the stubble crops. The variety has shown to be a very good germinator on sandy soils.
It has been rated resistant to brown rust, orange rust, and yellow leaf disease on sandy soils. It is moderately resistant to scald, mosaic, and RSD. It is moderately susceptible to smut in field operation observations.
Three-year production summary on sandy soils showed the CRS for CP 09-1822 at 262.1 pounds per ton.Photo courtesy of Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-1952
This variety has been released for muck soils. It is medium-plus to tall in height with mostly small to medium barrels and a few large barrels in plant cane and smaller to more moderate diameter stalks in the stubble crops. CP 09-1952 is sometimes an average germinator, but usually a very good germinator on muck.
It is rated resistant to mosaic and scald on muck soils. It is moderately resistant to orange rust, smut, RSD, and yellow leaf disease on muck. It has been rated susceptible to brown rust in field observations.
Three-year production summary on muck ground showed the CRS for CP 09-1952 at 244.4 pounds per ton.Photo courtesy of Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-2392
This variety has been released on sandy soils. It is medium to tall in plant height with mostly medium to large barrels in plant cane and in the stubble crops. The variety usually is a very good germinator on sand.
It has been rated resistant to orange rust, brown rust, mosaic, RSD, and yellow leaf disease on sandy soils. In field observations, it is rated moderately resistant to smut.
Three-year production summary on sandy soils showed the CRS for CP 09-2392 at 259.6 pounds per ton.Photo courtesy of Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-4153
This variety for sany soils is moderate-plus to tall-plus in height with mostly small to medium barrels in the plant cane and in the stubble crops. It is rated as resistant to orange rust, smut, scald, mosaic, and yellow leaf disease on sand soils. CP 09-4153 was rated moderately resistant to brown rust and moderately susceptible to RSD. The three-year production summary on sand soils showed the CRS at 265.1 pounds per ton.
Photo courtesy of the Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-4160
This selection is usually an average to a very good to excellent germinator on sand. It was rated as resistant to brown and orange rust, smut, scald, mosaic, RSD, and yellow leaf disease on sand soils. CP 09-4160 does not have the Bru1 gene that is one of the indicators for brown rust resistance. Three-year production summary on sand soils showed the CRS at 258 pounds per ton.
Photo courtesy of the Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-4758
This variety has been released for sandy soils. It is a tall plant cane, but is shorter in stubble crops. It has small to medium barrels in plant cane and stubble crops. The variety usually is a very good germinator in plant cane, but there were some skips in stubble crops in some plots.
It has been rated resistant to smut and yellow leaf disease on sandy soils. It is moderately resistant to brown rust, mosaic, and RSD, while rating moderately susceptible to orange rust and scald.
Three-year production on sandy soils showed the CRS for CP 09-4758 at 277.2 pounds per ton.Photo courtesy of Florida Sugarcane Variety Development Program
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CP 09-1385
CP 09-1822
CP 09-1952
CP 09-2392
CP 09-4153
CP 09-4160
CP 09-4758
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Paul Rusnak is the Senior Online Editor of American Vegetable Grower, American Fruit Grower, and Greenhouse Grower magazines, all Meister Media Worldwide brands. He is based in Northeast Florida. See all author stories here.