The analysis of the quality indices in sugarcane plays a vital role in the process of refining sugarcane breeding, cultivation, and production management. The present investigation was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Basanthpur-Mamidigi, Medak Dist., Telangana during 2016-2017 to study the quality parameters of twelve sugarcane clones. The field experiment was conducted with 12 varieties in randomized block design replicated thrice. The observations made from the study stated that varieties varied significantly for the quality parameters. Among the varieties, Co 8014, has recorded the highest sucrose and Commercial Cane Sugar (CCS) percent followed by Co 86032, Co C 671 and Co 95020. The variety, 97 R 129 has recorded the lowest sucrose and CCS, followed by 97 R 401, 85 R186, Co 99006 and 83 R 23. The Brix values were high for Co 86032 and low for 97 R 401. Similarly, Co 99006 and Co C 92061 showed high and low values, respectively for purity percentage. Further, it could be attributed that the clones Co 86032 and Co 95020 recorded the highest sugar and cane yields. Conversely, the clones 83 R 23 and 85 R 186 recorded the lowest sugar and cane yields. Higher cane yield, sucrose and CCS percent in varieties had resulted in significantly higher sugar yields.

A field study was conducted at Agricultural Research Station, Basanthpur, Telangana, India during 2015 and 2017 to determine the suitability and productivity of year-long intercropping with short duration summer crops followed by ginger in sugarcane. The summer vegetable crops viz., green gram, tomato, watermelon, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, ridge gourd and keera were intercropped along with sugarcane. Following the harvest of summer crops, ginger seedlings were transplanted during May on the raised beds. The results of the study revealed that intercropping sugarcane with early summer vegetable crops of 75 to 90 days duration viz., watermelon and gourds followed by ginger in sequence reported yield advantage of 25 to 85 t ha-1 over sole sugarcane and proved to be a highly productive cropping system of sugarcane and best suitable for Central Telangana Agro-climatic Zone. The most profitable sequential intercropping for sugarcane followed the order-Sugarcane+bitter gourd-ginger (223.07 t ha-1)>watermelon-ginger (220.05 t ha-1)>ridge gourd-ginger (204.59 t ha-1)>bottle gourd-ginger (183.78 t ha-1)>keera-ginger (174.56 t ha-1)>tomato-ginger (169.22 t ha-1)>green gram-ginger (162.09 t ha-1). Under adequate irrigation facility, a yearlong sequence intercropping in sugarcane with short duration crops during the initial four months followed by a long duration intercrop that comes up well under partial shade conditions can sustain sugarcane cropping system with intermittent income and no adverse effect on the main crop yield.