Registration of ‘CP 10-1620’ sugarcane

Abstract

‘CP 10-1620’ (Reg. no. CV-216, PI 693837) sugarcane (a complex hybrid of Saccharum spp.) was developed through cooperative research conducted by the USDA–ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. At the June 7, 2018, Florida Sugarcane Variety Committee Meeting, CP 10-1620 was released to growers for mineral (sand) soils in Florida, and seed was available in September 2018. CP 10-1620 was selected from a polycross of ‘CP 00-1100’ × ‘CP 05-1740’ (Cross no. X07-1225) made at Canal Point, FL, in December 2007. Neither the female parent, CP 00-1100, nor the male parent, CP 05-1740, is a commercial cultivar. Cane yield of CP 10-1620 on sand soils, averaged across 12 harvests through three crop cycles (plant cane, first ratoon, and second ratoon), was 11.0% higher (P < 0.05) than the combined mean of three checks, ‘CL 88-4730’, ‘CP 96-1252’, and ‘CPCL 97-2730’, which are commercial checks for sand soils. The commercial recoverable sucrose for CP 10-1620 was not significantly lower than the combined mean of the checks but the higher cane yield resulted in 8.4% higher (P < 0.05) sucrose yield than the combined mean of the checks. CP 10-1620 was released because of its high cane yields on sand soils, and its acceptable levels of resistance to brown rust (caused by Puccinia melanocephala H. & P. Sydow), leaf scald (caused by Xanthomonas albilineans Ashby, Dowson), Sugarcane mosaic virus strain E (mosaic), smut (caused by Sporisorium scitamineum), Sugarcane yellow leaf virus, and ratoon stunt [caused by Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli (Davis et al.) Evtushenko]. CP 10-1620 was moderately susceptible to orange rust (caused by Puccinia kuehnii E. J. Butler), and it has high freeze tolerance. CP 10-1620 tested positive for the Bru1 locus, which is an indicator of brown rust resistance.