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Achievements

Following are the achievements of the institute:

Varieties Developed

28 varieties of sugarcane have been got approved for commercial cultivation. A number of varieties are in pipeline.

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

 

Technologies Development

  • Development of 4 feet apart dual row trench planting technique
  • Post furrow deep ploughing technique
  • Alternate skip irrigation
  • Development of sugarcane implements (sugarcane ridger, combo sugarcane ridger, stubble shaver)
  • Advanced production technology for each sugarcane variety
  • Identification of infectious red rot race (Cf-718) in sugarcane growing areas of Punjab
  • Integrated weed management package of sugarcane
  • Comprehensive control measures of sugarcane diseases and insect pests
  • Site specific varietal distribution to overcome red rot incidence in sugarcane growing areas
  • Identification of mysterious disease white fly of sugarcane in sugarcane growing areas of Sindh & its control measures
  • Introduced drenching technique for fungicidal application to control Red rot under field condition
  • International collaboration to strengthen sugarcane breeding programme
  • Developed intercropping scheme of high value crops in sugarcane

Discovery of New Insects

  • Two new insect pests of sugarcane i.e. Early shoot borer,Chilo infuscatellus, and Sugarcane beetle,Euetheola humilis, are discovered in Punjab. An especial consideration is gi ven to early shoot borer and experiments are designed for its proper control.
  • Three new beneficial insects i.e. Telonomus(egg parasite of borers & pyrilla), Cotesia(borer’s larvae parasite), mite destroyer lady beetle (red mite eater) are identified for natural control.

International Collaboration

  • Sugarcane Research Station, Canal Point, USA
  • South African Sugarcane Research Institute