Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Nov 2016)

RB975242 and RB975201 - Late maturation sugarcane varieties

  • Monalisa Sampaio Carneiro,
  • Roberto Giacomini Chapola,
  • Antonio Ribeiro Fernandes Junior,
  • Danilo Eduardo Cursi,
  • Fernanda Zatti Barreto,
  • Thiago Willian Almeida Balsalobre,
  • Hermann Paulo Hoffmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-70332016v16n4c54
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 4
pp. 365 – 370

Abstract

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The sugarcane varieties RB975201 and RB975242 were developed and released for harvest at the end of the season (late maturation) in the CentralSouth region of Brazil. In specific environments, these varieties were compared with commercial standards in sugar yield per area. They are resistant to major sugarcane diseases and present the Bru1 gene of resistance to brown rust.

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