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New sugarcane variety sells out in five minutes in Uttar Pradesh
A new sugarcane variety called CoS.23232 has been developed for farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India.
The state’s sugarcane research council offered two lakh planting buds for online booking on October 9, and they were all booked in five minutes.
The variety was developed over about a decade and tested before being made available to farmers.
It is intended to mature sooner than some varieties and could produce about 10 percent more weight per unit of cane, according to the council’s extension officer.
Its canes are also described as long and thick, with a higher sugar content.
Farmers may use it as an alternative to the widely grown Co.0238 variety.
The council is increasing planting-material production using single-bud and tissue-culture methods, and is preparing a farmers’ fair where mini seed kits may be distributed.
Uttar Pradesh’s new sugarcane variety CoS.23232 sold out its online allocation of 200,000 buds within five minutes.
The Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane Research opened bookings for the variety on October 9.
Scientists developed the variety for earlier harvesting and say it can produce about 10% more weight per quintal than other varieties.
It was developed using CoS.8119 as the female parent and Co.775 as the male parent, and underwent about a decade of testing and evaluation.
The council is increasing planting-material production and may distribute mini seed kits at a farmers’ fair in October.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane Research offered the variety to farmers.
- What
- CoS.23232’s allocation of 200,000 sugarcane buds was fully booked within five minutes.
- When
- Online bookings opened on October 9; the year is not stated in the article.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- The variety was developed for earlier harvesting, higher yields and greater sugar content.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Uttar Pradesh Council of Sugarcane Research opened online bookings for CoS.23232.
The full allocation of 200,000 buds was booked.
- Variety
- CoS.23232
- Online allocation
- 200,000 buds
- Time to sell out
- Five minutes
- Female parent
- CoS.8119
- Male parent
- Co.775
- Yield potential
- About 10% more weight per quintal than other varieties
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