Glimpses of Sugarcane Varietal Screening and Improvement at Pusa, Bihar

Abstract

and Tamil Nadu. During early 19th century sugarcane cultivation started as cash crop and number of sugar factories open keeping in view a glimpses of sugarcane varietal screening and Improvement has been reviewed and found that Bihar was rich in term of sugar factories and its 20-40% share in national sugar production was already reported. It was the introduction of Co seedling that replace local varieties under cultivation those were

Estimation of Genetic Parameters in Early Maturing Sugarcane Clones for Yield and Quality Traits

“…It is a major agricultural cash crop next to cotton in India. It act as a major industrial cash crop also, having potential to be a key crop in bio factory evolution as it produces high yield of valuable products like sugar, biofibres, waxes, bioplastic and biofuel [1]. Globally sugarcane is cultivated in an area of 25.97 million hectares producing 1.84 billion tons with the productivity of 70.85 t ha -1 [2].…”