Selection and Breeding of New Sugarcane Variety Mintang 97-301

Mintang 97-301 selected from the cross combination CP65-357×YC84-153 was a new sugarcane cultivar with middle stem,high yield,high sucrose content and wide adaptability.The results from different sites for several years showed that its mean cane yield was 124.013t·hm-2,which was 7.86% higher than that of check.Sucrose content of cane was 15.40% during the period of Nov.to Jan.Sugar yield was 19.094t·hm-2,which was11.74% higher than that of check in Fujian Province.It was a wide adaptability cultivar,not easily affected by the environment.Stalk number and stalk length were both the important factors of cane yield,and their effects were the strongest to cane yield.In cultivation,we should place emphasis on increasing millable stalk and stalk length.