Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a major cash crop, which plays a significant role in our national economy next to cotton. It has 0.7% share in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017-18. In Punjab, during 2018-19 sugarcane was planted on an area of 710.93 thousand hectare having production of 44.91 million tones with an average cane yield of 68.51 t/ha, showed a decrease of 17.2% in cultivated area and 18.5% in production over the last year. It provides raw material to sugarcane industry in particular and to chemical & paper industries in general. It also may help to minimize the energy crises in the country by co-generation. The sugarcane tops serve as fodder for livestock during scarcity of fodder in winter. Sugarcane Section became one of the part of the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad in 1962 and was upgraded as Sugarcane Research Institute, Faisalabad in 1978. The main objectives of this institute are to evolve high cane and sugar yielding varieties which are resistant to biotic stresses varieties along with the development of improved production technology. Experiments on different aspects of sugarcane like Breeding, Agronomy, Pathology, Entomology and Technology are under taken.

Sugarcane Research Institute, Faisalabad

Sr. No.	Variety name	Year of Release	Av. yield (t/ha)	Sugar recovery (%)	Sugar yield (t/ha)	Sowing Time	Recommended Areas	Salient Features
1.	CoL-29	1954	70	10.10	7.07	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
2.	CoL-44	1954	75	8.93	6.69	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
3.	CoL-54	1963	75	9.63	7.22	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
4.	BL-19	1966	85	9.49	8.00	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
5.	BL-4	1968	85	10.34	8.79	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
6.	L-116	1973	75	10.81	8.11	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
7.	L-118	1975	83	8.23	6.83	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
8.	Triton	1983	85	10.10	8.58	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
9.	BF-162	1990	90	10.35	9.31	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
10.	CP43-33	1996	80	11.69	9.35	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Medium maturing, good yielder, good recovery, resistant to insect pest
11.	CP72-2086	1996	85	12.35	10.49	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Medium maturing, good field performance, good recovery with chewing quality, better for gur production
12.	CP77-400	1996	90	11.90	10.72	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Early maturing, good growth, better ratooning, Resistant to diseases
13.	CoJ-84	2000	90	9.80	8.82	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Removed/ banned
14.	SPF-213	2000	90	10.50	9.45	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Medium maturing, good growth, average ratooning, slight lodging
15.	CPF-237	2000	95	12.50	11.87	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Early maturing, Good yielder, average ratooning, disease resistant behavior, non lodging in nature
16.	HSF-240	2002	95	11.70	11.11	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Medium maturing, frost and Red Rot Resistant, non-lodging
17.	SPF-234	2002	100	11.60	11.60	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Southern Punjab only other than riverine areas	Medium maturing
18.	SPF-245	2004	100	11.00	11.00	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Medium maturing, good growth, high yielder, good ratooning potential
19.	HSF-242	2006	102	12.50	12.75	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Non lodging, good growth behavior, medium maturing, also fit for average input conditions
20.	CPF-243	2006	102	12.55	12.80	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab	Medium maturing, good growth, non lodging, good ratooning behavior and fit for average soil and input conditions
21.	CPF-246	2011	105	12.15	12.60	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Other than riverine areas of Punjab	Medium maturing, non lodging, good ratooner and responding well in higher input conditions
22.	CPF-247	2011	105	12.25	12.86	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Other than riverine areas of Punjab	Medium maturing, fast growing, good tillering, non-lodging, excellent ratooner and responded well to average inputs
23.	CPF-248	2013	112	12.71	14.32	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Other than riverine areas of Punjab	Medium maturing Good Tillering potential, non lodging behavior, good ratooner
24.	CPF-249	2016	116	12.46	14.48	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Other than riverine areas of Punjab
25	CPF-250	2019	111.3	12.72	14.1	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab other than river belt areas and particularly for southern Punjab	Early maturing variety Fast growing variety Well suited for early crushing season Non lodging
26	CPF-251	2019	108.05	13.2	14.3	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab other than river belt areas	Early maturing variety Well suited for early crushing season Also suitable for low fertile soils Fast growing variety
27	CPF-252	2019	129.8	11.7	15.9	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab including river belt areas	Late maturing variety Non lodging variety Resistant to red rot disease Recommended for harvesting in second fortnight of January Particularly recommended and suitable for September plantation and intercropping
28	CPF-253	2019	116.7	12.54	14.6	i. September sowing ii. February sowing	Whole Punjab including river belt areas	Medium maturing variety Resistant to red rot disease

Sugarcane Research Institute, Faisalabad

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Salient Features