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Field experiment was conducted in year 2015/2016 at the National Cereals Research Institute Badeggi, Niger State (sugarcane research field) to evaluate the performance of sixteen sugarcane genotypes. The clones were planted in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) and replicated three times. Analysis of variance showed significant differentiation among studied genotypes. The results revealed that among the evaluated genotypes ILS 708-05 was characterized by highest potential cane yield (105.54 t/ha). BD 1576-14 significantly had highest brix (24.90%) among the tested clones. Genotypes that performed better than the Check ([Standard] B 47419) in terms of cane yield, less flowers and tolerance to smut should be advance to multi-location trials.

Sixty local sugarcane clones from the sugarcane germplasm at Badeggi were studied cytologically. Chromosome numbers were determined from the root tip and all the investigated clones agree with the previous reports of chromosome numbers. Basic number of X = 6, 8, 10, 12 were used to determine the ploidy level of the clones. All the investigated clones were polyploids and 53.3 percent of these were octaploids.

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