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TILLERING IN INDIAN SUGARCANES 



oar heads of a cereal, for the cane plant has long been cultivated for the 

 special development of as many matured canes as possible. 



Average ylant formulcB of the groups dissected. 



Group 



Saccharura ar- 

 undinaceum 



Sacchaviim spon- 

 taneum 



Pansahi 



Mungo 



Saretha 



Nargori 



Siinnabile 



■••{ 



■•{ 



Thick /b?eTdingl 



^'^"e^ [station J 



J^ed j Nelli- \ 



Unclassitied indi- 

 genous varieties 



Rogues in thick 

 cane plots 



Crosses, Thick 

 canes by wild 

 Saccharuras 



Averages 

 of plants 



or 

 varieties 



Plants 



Plants 



Varieties 



Plants 



Varieties 



Plants 



Varieties 



Plants 



Varieties 



Plants 



Varieties 



Plants 



V^arieties 



Plants 



Varieties 



Plants 



Varieties 

 (6) 



Varieties 



(4) 



Varietifis 



(2) 



!z; 



17 

 3 



29 

 6 



59 



6 

 33 



6 

 46 



6 

 41 



6 

 12 



plants 

 33 



plants 

 17 



plants 

 8 



Canes at crop 



Canes, shoots, buds 

 and deaths 



6 6 5 



0-4 



0-5 



22 



0-4 ;i9 

 »-4 !l8 

 10 

 11 

 6 

 9 



c d 



9 9 



25 111 

 24 11 



42 



62 

 60 

 40 

 45 

 39 

 45 

 33 

 34 

 22 

 22 

 32 

 31 

 26 

 29 

 38 



43 

 62 

 44 



With regard to these two methods of obtaining the formulae, it may be 

 noted that, for canes formed at harvest, the two methods show little difference 

 in the result. The greatest difference is seen in the Mungo group, where the 

 summation of the 59 separate plants gives a formulae of la+2b + 2c + ld, 

 whereas that taken by averaging the six varietal formula is la + 'dh+dc+2d. 



