Evaluaiton of Some Imported Wild Cane Genotypes Imported from USA Under Egyptian Conditions

Document Type : Original Article

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Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

Eighteen wild American ENTRIES GENOTYPES of cane and two noble varieties of sugarcane were planted at the end of March in the experimental farm of El-Sabahia Research Station, Alexandria, Egypt during 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 seasons in three replication for evaluation.
Ammonium nitrate was added at the rate of 40 kg per feddan. irrigation practices were applied at 10-15 days intervals through the growing season except August and September were at 3-5 days intervals.
All their practices were carried out in a similar manner whenever possible.
The results showed that the flowering, the crossing dates and number of seedlings varied for cultivars genotypes and seasons. It could be concluded that the differences among agronomic characters for the four wild studies varieties were highly significant in the most studied characters. "Hinds special" variety proofed to be superior to other wild varieties.

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