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TILLERING IN INDIAN SUGARCANES 



Tillering of seedlings in successive years in the Cane-breeding Station. 



Parentage 



Seedling 

 year 



Thick canes 



Crosses, thick X 

 thin (/. 213), by 

 thin 



Crosses, thick by 



Saccharum Na 



renga 

 Crosses, tliin by 



Saccharum spon 



taneum 



Rogues among 

 thick cane seed- 

 lings 



Indigenous eanes. 



Crosses, thick canes 

 by thick 



Crosses, thick canes 

 by thin 



1914-16 

 1915-17 



1916-18 

 1911-13 



1912-14 

 1913-15 

 1914-16 



1915-17 

 1916-18 

 1911-13 

 1912 14 



1914-16 



1915-17 

 1916-18 

 1913-15 



1916-18 



1913-15 



1915-17 



1916-18 

 1916-18 



1913-15 



1912-14 



;25 



1912-14 4 

 1913-15 10 



^ 91 



a M 

 C c 



862 

 846 



963 

 521 



50 

 11 



2 

 3 



17 



11 



8 



19 



145 



108 



100 

 304 



158 



132 



54 



127 



956 

 441 



94 



62 



a ® 



3 ^ 

 a (U 



& 



en 



^ OJ 



145 

 15 2 



14 6 

 13 5 



100 

 69-2 



97-5 

 883 

 55- 1 



466 



300 

 480 



42-8 



36-6 



210 

 18-5 

 146 



70 



220 



20-4 



12-8 

 17 9 



290 



8ro 



Variations in 



averages of 



different lots 



One (13 plants) 11, 

 the rest 13-15 



One (47) 26, the 

 rest 13-16 



One (241) 12, the 



rest 15-16 

 One (72) 9, the rest 



12-17 



40-92 



55-140 



45-110 



56-6) 



18-85 

 24-<U 



41-44 

 34-40 



17-21 

 14-15 



18-24 

 20-: 1 



10-15 

 17-19 



Remarks 



The Karun lot (47 

 plants) sliowed un- 

 usual tillering and no 

 explanation is record- 

 ed 



Mauritius 55 seedlings 

 (72) aveiajied 9 canes, 

 Naga B (54) averaged 

 17 



J. 24}', a good tillering 

 variety 



Poovan. Namam, Kalu- 

 dai Boothan 



Karun 55, B. 208 140 

 KaruH no, B. W6 45 

 Ashy and Strijied 

 Mauritius 



Cheni alone 48 



Cheni 44, Saretha (with 



shoots 52) 45 

 Cheni 35, Sarelha 40, 



Pansahi 34 

 Khelia alone 21 

 Pansahi 18, Khelia 21 



Vellai X J. 247, a good 

 tillering variety 



These are general collec- 

 tions fiom Kaludai 

 Boothan and Chittan. 

 The register says 

 "probably crosses 

 with Naanal seed- 

 lings," hence probably 

 a mixture of crosses 

 and selfs 



J. 213 selfed and un- 

 bagged crosses with 

 thin canes : probably' 

 a mixture of selfed 

 seedlings and crosses 



Vellai X Saccharum 

 Narenga, a not veiy 

 bushy form 



Saretha x Saccharum 

 spontaneu m, both 

 parents very bushy 



