Thanks for so much of information Vijay. An expert is always an expert!!! Pankaj
2010/12/19 Vijayasankar <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> >> >> 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 <[email protected]> >>> >>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> Yes, Sugarcane.... >>>> Pankaj >>>> 2010/12/19 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> 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) >> [email protected] >> > > -- *********************************************** "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
