BIOMETRIC EFFICIENCY OF SUGARCANE PROMISING AND COMMERCIAL CLONES AT DIFFERENT LOCALITIES IN CENTRAL PUNJAB

Eight sugarcanes promising and commercial clones were evaluated at Sugarcane Research Institute, Faisalabad. These clones were tested for their performance at three locations during February- March 2016-17 in Central Punjab viz Nawan Lahore, Tandlianwala and Shorkot. The trials were conducted at farmer’s field using RCBD with three replications. The data on germination%, tillers/plant, no. of millable canes, cane yield t/ha and CCS % were recorded during the course of study. The sugarcane clone S2006-US-658 gave the 17.9% higher cane yield as compared to the check variety CPF-249. As far as CCS % is concerned, clone S2003-US-633 gave the highest sugar recovery that is 4.3% more than check variety whereas S2006-US-658 has the lowest CCS % i.e. 0.7 % less than the check variety.