Drought Resistance of New-plant Sugarcane Varieties in Gengma County

The experiment for drought resistance of eleven sugarcanes in new plant crop was conducted.The results showed that cane yield of Yuetang60 was the highest,increased by 24.2%,sugar content increased by 2.32%,sugar yield increased by 43.7%,in comparison with control variety ROC22 and with tolerance to rust disease.The cane yield of Yunzhe99/91 increased by 11.0%,sugar content increased by 2.30%,sugar yield increased by 28.21%,in comparison with the control,was characterized of lodging resistance and weak defoliation ability.The cane yield of Yingyu91/59 increased by 17.8%,sugar content increased by 0.53%,sugar yield increased by 22.0%,in comparison with the control and with tolerance to leaf scald disease and top rot.The characters of other varieties were comparable or worse than the control.