Project Number: 6625-13210-003-01
Project Type: Trust

Start Date: Apr 01, 2001
End Date: Mar 31, 2006

Objective:
To identify sugarcane cultivars that are tolerant and productive at high water tables; to make crosses among water tolerant cultivars and to select and evaluate resultant selections at the high water tables; and to evaluate the dynamics of water movement in the water table plots.

Approach:
Import new selections from Louisiana on a yearly basis for incorporation into the breeding program. Parental clones will be grown under conditions to maximize flowering. Date of flowering will be mainipulated by use of varied growing conditions, plants grown in cans and field plots; the use of light treatment to: 1) induce flowering in lateor non-flowering clones and 2) to delay flowering in early flowering clones; and movement of plants grown in cans to the railcart system to insure pollen development in plants to be used as male parents. The effect of pollen loading (the ratio of the number of female tassels/male tassel) will be studied to optimize seed set. The effect of method of maintaining male tassels (air layers vs solution) during pollination will be evaluated. Parental clones will be inoculated with the RSD bacterium, grown for a year and evaluated with TBIA.

Project Team

Tai, Peter

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003   FY 2002

Related National Programs

Plant, Microbial & Insect Genetic Res., Genomics, & Genetic Improv. I (301)