Varieties

Sugarcane varieties released in India (central releases) - Salient characteristics

Name of variety Year of release Cane yield (t/ha) Sucrose content   (% in juice) Area recommended Genetic research for yield quality Other specific characteristics of the variety Co 8371  (Bhima) 2000 117.7 18.6 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, resistant to smut, moderately susceptible to red rot, tolerant to drought and water logging Co 85004  (Prabha) 2000 90.5 19.5 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Early, resistant to smut, moderately susceptible to red rot, good ratooner Co 86032  (Nayana) 2000 102.0 20.1 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, resistant to smut, field resistant to red rot, tolerant to drought, good ratooner Co 86249  (Bhavani) 2000 104.2 18.7 ECZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, resistant to smut and red rot, good ratooner Co 87025  (Kalyani) 2000 98.2 18.3 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, resistant to smut, field resistant to red rot, tolerant to drought and water logging Co 87044  (Uttara) 2000 101.0 18.3 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, moderately resistant to smut, moderately susceptible to red rot Co 87263  (Sarayu) 2000 66..3 17.4 NCZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Early, resistant to smut and  red rot, resistant to early shoot borer, tolerant to drought and water logging Co 87268  (Moti) 2000 78.9 17.5 NCZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Early, resistant to smut and moderately resistant to red rot, tolerant to drought and water logging Co 91010  (Dhanush) 2000 116.0 19.1 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, resistant to smut, moderately susceptible to red rot,  tolerant to drought CoM 88121  (Krishna) 2000 88.7 18.6 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, resistant to smut, tolerant to drought, excellent jaggery quality Co Pant 90223 2000 73.3 18.5 NWZ Open pollination followed by clonal selection Midlate, moderately resistant to red rot, resistant to smut, tolerant to drought, water logging and cold, excellent ratooner CoS 1230  (Raseeli) 2000 68.2 18.8 NWZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, moderately resistant to red rot, tolerant to top borer, shoot borer and stalk borer BO 128  (Pramod) 2001 69.2  17.6  NCZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, moderately resistant to red rot and smut, tolerant to water logging and saline-sodic soil Co 89029  (Gandak) 2001 70.6 16.3 NCZ Open pollination followed by clonal selection Early, moderately resistant to red rot, resistant to top borer and shoot borer, non-flowering, tolerant to drought and water logging. CoH 2201  (Haryana-92) 2001 70.0 18.2 NWZ Open pollination followed by clonal selection Early, moderately resistant to red rot CoSe 92423  (Rajbhog) 2001 70.0 17.5 NCZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, moderately resistant to red rot CoSe 95422  (Rasbhari) 2001 67.8 17.7 NCZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Early, moderately resistant to red rot Co 94008  (Shyama) 2004 119.8 18.3 PZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Early, moderately resistant to red rot, resistant to smut, tolerant to drought and salinity, good quality jaggery CoS 94270  (Sweta) 2004 81.5 17.1 NWZ Biparental crossing followed by clonal selection Midlate, moderately resistant to red rot, tolerant to abiotic stress, excellent ratooner

PZ	Peninsular Zone	Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, interior Andhra Pradesh and plateau region of Tamil Nadu
ECZ	East Coast Zone	Orissa, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal Tamil Nadu
NCZ	North Central Zone	Bihar, West Bengal and Eastern Uttar Pradesh
NWZ	North West Zone	Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Western and Central Uttar Pradesh