Breeding of new sugarcane variety, Mintang 95-261.

Mintang 95-261 was selected from the cross combination(ROC1×CP72-1210).This new sugarcane variety had the desirable characteristics of middle-to-late maturity,high yield,high sucrose content,excellent adaptability,high adversity resistance and wide adaptability.The results obtained from the test at various sites in the past several years showed its average cane yield to be 119.825 t·hm-2 and sugar yield of 17.770 t·hm-2.These were higher than those of the currently leading variety by 11.56% on cane yield and 11.45% on sugar yield.Its sucrose content was 14.79% during November to February,i.e.,0.23% lower than that of the currently leading variety.The hereditary composition of Mingtang 95-261 was rich,containing 13 different basic germplasms.