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Registration of ‘UFCP 78‐1013’ Sugarcane Cultivar
Author(s) -
Sandhu Hardev S.,
Comstock Jack C.,
Gilbert Robert A.,
Gordon Vanessa S.,
Korndörfer Pedro,
El-Hout Nael,
Arundale Rebecca A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of plant registrations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1940-3496
pISSN - 1936-5209
DOI - 10.3198/jpr2014.08.0050crc
Subject(s) - cultivar , biology , smut , saccharum , inoculation , agronomy , horticulture , cane , plant disease resistance , rust (programming language) , orange (colour) , sugar , biochemistry , gene , computer science , programming language
Sugarcane (a complex hybrid of Saccharum sp.) cultivar UFCP 78‐1013 (Reg. No. CV‐162; PI 673049) was developed through the collaborative efforts of the University of Florida (UF) and the USDA‐ARS, Canal Point (CP), and released for its potential use in cellulosic ethanol production in Florida. Biomass is the most favorable characteristic of a potential feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production and must be improved in cultivars adapted to Florida conditions should cellulosic ethanol prove feasible for energy production. Averaged across eight location‐years of field trials, mean dry biomass yield of UFCP 78‐1013 was numerically greater than the reference check, ‘L 79‐1002’. Plant composition of UFCP 78‐1013 is similar to L 79‐1002. The parents for UFCP 78‐1013 are the sugarcane cultivar CP 68‐1067 (female parent) and S. spontaneum line SES 602 (male parent). UFCP 78‐1013 has moderate to high resistance against smut (caused by Sporisorium scitamineum ) with significantly lower infestation than L 79‐1002, under both natural environmental conditions and artificial inoculation. UFCP 78‐1013 did not have symptoms of brown rust (caused by Puccinia melanocephala H. & P. Sydow), orange rust (caused by P. kuehnii ), mosaic (caused by Sugarcane mosaic virus ) or leaf scald [caused by Xanthomonas albilineans (Ashby) Dowson] during field evaluations. UFCP 78‐1013 is adapted to marginal or sandy soils of Florida.