what procedure would you adopt to develop a new variety of sugarcane? explain the procedure in detail.
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Sugarcane or sugar cane refer to several species and hybrids of tall perennial grasses in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, that are used for sugar production. The plants are two to six metres (six to twenty feet) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, which accumulates in the stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family Poaceae, an economically important flowering plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum, and many forage crops. It is native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of Southeast Asia and New Guinea.
Sugarcane is the world's largest crop by production quantity, with 1.8 billion tonnes[clarification needed] produced in 2017, with Brazil accounting for 40% of the world total. In 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated it was cultivated on about 26 million hectares (64 million acres), in more than 90 countries.
About 70% of the sugar produced globally comes from a species of sugarcane called Saccharum officinarum and hybrids of this species.[1] All sugarcane species can interbreed, and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids.[2]
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Sugarcane is grown chiefly in the main season (December - May) in the entire State. In parts of Tiruchirapalli, Perambalur, Karur, Salem, Namakkal and Coimbatore districts, it is also raised during the special season (June - September). The particulars in respect of each season are given below:
Season, Period of Planting
1. Main season
i) Early : Dec - Jan ii) Mid : Feb - March iii) Late: April - May
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