There are 3 species of Saccharum in Maharashtra: Saccharum officinarum L. *Saccharum* *ravennae* (L.) L.Saccharum spontaneum L. The last one is found in the wild, the other two are cultivated. Hope that answers your query Dinesh.
Regards, Samir On Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 10:55:26 AM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: > > Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the info. > Regards. > > > > > 2010/12/19 Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > >> Back in Jammu in our sugar cane fields, I have seen two distinct >> cultivars: taller, thicker canes pale green stems used mainly for eating >> raw and extracting juice common in Indian markets; and second more tufted, >> shorter and less thicker canes, mostly reddish in colour, rarely seen in >> market but processed for the yield of Gur/sakar finally refined into >> commercial sugar. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> 2010/12/18 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> >>> Vijayasankar ji ... many many thanks for resolving my query ... doubt >>> clearly laid to rest !!! >>> Many thanks Pankaj and Tanay for validating the ID. >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>> >>>> In Jharkhand what we have the stem in dark brinjal colour, too tall >>>> and too hard to bite in comparison to the green ones in Uttarakhand >>>> and parts of UP. >>>> Regards >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: >>>> > Thanks for so much of information Vijay. An expert is always an >>>> expert!!! >>>> > Pankaj >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 2010/12/19 Vijayasankar <vijay.b...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: >>>> >> Dear Dinesh ji >>>> >> >>>> >> There exist several cultivars in sugarcane (all belong to the same >>>> species) >>>> >> and are different in colour, size, sweetness etc. >>>> >> CoC 671 is the variety which is widely cultivated in a variety of >>>> soil & >>>> >> climatic types, espl in S.India. While providing the highest % of >>>> yield, it >>>> >> has several other good qualities too. Co 86032 has higher sugar >>>> level. Co >>>> >> 8021 is resistent to 'red rot' disease. Co 88121 is the purple >>>> coloured >>>> >> variety. >>>> >> >>>> >> I had chance to work with Dharani Sugars Pvt.Ltd., one of the >>>> largest sugar >>>> >> factories in southern India. And it was a 'sweet' experience!!! >>>> >> >>>> >> CoC 671 (Co stand for Coimbatore - Sugarcane breeding institute, >>>> where the >>>> >> var. developed) is my favourite for some reasons! >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> http://www.indiaagronet.com/indiaagronet/Crop_Husbandry/contents/important_varieties_of_sugarcane.htm >>>> >> http://sugarcane-breeding.tn.nic.in/varieties.htm >>>> >> Regards >>>> >> >>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >>>> >> Post Doctoral Research Associate >>>> >> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>> >> Thad Cochran Research Center >>>> >> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >>>> >> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> 2010/12/18 tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> What to validate ??? Ha Ha Ha >>>> >>> This is sugarcane >>>> >>> I hope this is the only member of Poaceae which doesn't have a >>>> >>> hollow inter node >>>> >>> rest all members have hollow inter node which >>>> a diagnostic character of >>>> >>> this family >>>> >>> Tanay >>>> >>> >>>> >>> 2010/12/18 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Would someone let us know if there are more than one species known >>>> as >>>> >>>> sugarcane ? querying in context of getting to see many varieties >>>> of >>>> >>>> sugarcanes at different vendors ... some are thick and dark >>>> coloured, while >>>> >>>> some are slim and bright. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Yes, Sugarcane.... >>>> >>>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>>> 2010/12/19 Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Saccharum officinarum >>>> ... >>>> >>>>>> dear friends, please validate this ID. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> SAK-er-um -- referring to sugar >>>> >>>>>> off-ik-IN-ar-um or off-ih-SIN-ar-um -- used or sold as herb >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> commonly known as: noble cane, sugarcane • Assamese: কুঁহিয়াৰ >>>> kuhiar • >>>> >>>>>> Bengali: আখ akha • Gujarati: શેરડી sheradi • Hindi: असि asi, >>>> गन्ना ganna, >>>> >>>>>> इछु ichu, ईख ikh, इक्षु ikshu, ऊख ukh • Kannada: ಌಕ್ಷು ikshu, >>>> ಕಬ್ಬು kabbu • >>>> >>>>>> Konkani: कोब्बु kobbu • Lushai: fu • Malayalam: കരിമ്പ് karimp, >>>> മധുതൃണം >>>> >>>>>> madhuthrinam • Manipuri: চূ chu • Marathi: इक्षु ikshu, मधुयष्टि >>>> >>>>>> madhuyashti, तांबडा ऊस tambada us, ऊंस OR ऊस us • Mizo: fu • >>>> Nepalese: >>>> >>>>>> गँड़ासो garaso • Oriya: danda, fu • Pali: उच्चु ucchu • Prakrit: >>>> गंडओ gandao >>>> >>>>>> • Punjabi: ਕੁਮਾਦ kumad, ਕੁਮਾਦੀ kumadi, ਪੋਨਾ pona, ਪੋਡਾ ponda, >>>> ਪੋੱਨਾ ponna • >>>> >>>>>> Sanskrit: गण्डकः gandakah, इक्षु ikshu, इक्षुण्डम् ikshundam, >>>> मधुसः >>>> >>>>>> madhusah, मधुयष्टिका madhuyashtika • Tamil: கரும்பு karumpu, >>>> பழனவெதிர் >>>> >>>>>> palana-vetir, தும்பி tumpi, தும்பு tumpu, உக்கிரகந்தம் >>>> ukkira-kantam • >>>> >>>>>> Telugu: చెరుకుగడ cheruku gada, ఇక్షువు iksuvu, తియ్యమ్రాను >>>> thiyyamranu, తుంట >>>> >>>>>> tunta • Tibetan: bu ram sin • Urdu: گنا ganna, اچهہ ichu, ايکهہ >>>> ikh, اوکهہ >>>> >>>>>> ukh >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> Distribution: widely cultivated >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> ... along Malshej - Junnar road 28 FEB 10 >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>>> >>>>> *********************************************** >>>> >>>>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>> >>>>> Research Associate >>>> >>>>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>> >>>>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>>> >>>>> Wildlife Institute of India >>>> >>>>> Post Box # 18 >>>> >>>>> Dehradun - 248001, India >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> -- >>>> >>> Tanay Bose >>>> >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>>> >>> Department of Botany. >>>> >>> University of British Columbia . >>>> >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>>> >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>>> >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>>> >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>>> >>> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca <javascript:> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > *********************************************** >>>> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>> > Research Associate >>>> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>> > Department of Habitat Ecology >>>> > Wildlife Institute of India >>>> > Post Box # 18 >>>> > Dehradun - 248001, India >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *********************************************** >>>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>> >>>> >>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>> Research Associate >>>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>>> Wildlife Institute of India >>>> Post Box # 18 >>>> Dehradun - 248001, India >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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