Studies on the performance of some sugarcane genotypes at Faisalabad.

The study reported here in was under taken with the major objective to compare the performance of sugarcane genotypes under agro climatic conditions of Faisalabad during crop season of 2004-05. Statistically significant variation among all genotypes was observed as the maximum values of germination (60.35%), tillers per plant (2.15) and number of millable canes (104.60 000t/ha) were produced by S2001-US-750, S2001-US-345 and S2001-US-129 respectively as compare to the approved commercial standard early maturing HSF-240 and medium and late maturing SPF-213. Similarly S2001-US-375 stood first with respect to cane yield (119.50 t/ha) and sugar yield (12.79 t/ha) among all the genotypes.