Plant Breeding

Seedlings

Seedlings

Seedlings

Field

Fully Grown Sugarcane

Harvesting

The department’s research focus is on:

This is a high biomass variety with a 7% cane yield advantage over N14 and a 21% cane yield advantage over NCo376.

The main attraction about this varieties is its tolerance to Striga commonly known as witchweed/bvise/isona.

This is a typical high biomass variety with a 4% cane yield advantage over ZN10 but due to its poor ERC% cane of 13.6%

This is another typical high biomass variety with advantages over N14 and not ZN10.

Senior Plant Breeder

Varieties