Vijayasankar ji ... many many thanks for resolving my query ... doubt clearly laid to rest !!! Many thanks Pankaj and Tanay for validating the ID.
Regards. 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > In Jharkhand what we have the stem in dark brinjal colour, too tall > and too hard to bite in comparison to the green ones in Uttarakhand > and parts of UP. > Regards > Pankaj > > > 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>: > > Thanks for so much of information Vijay. An expert is always an expert!!! > > Pankaj > > > > > > 2010/12/19 Vijayasankar <[email protected]>: > >> Dear Dinesh ji > >> > >> There exist several cultivars in sugarcane (all belong to the same > species) > >> and are different in colour, size, sweetness etc. > >> CoC 671 is the variety which is widely cultivated in a variety of soil & > >> climatic types, espl in S.India. While providing the highest % of yield, > it > >> has several other good qualities too. Co 86032 has higher sugar level. > Co > >> 8021 is resistent to 'red rot' disease. Co 88121 is the purple coloured > >> variety. > >> > >> I had chance to work with Dharani Sugars Pvt.Ltd., one of the largest > sugar > >> factories in southern India. And it was a 'sweet' experience!!! > >> > >> CoC 671 (Co stand for Coimbatore - Sugarcane breeding institute, where > the > >> var. developed) is my favourite for some reasons! > >> > >> > http://www.indiaagronet.com/indiaagronet/Crop_Husbandry/contents/important_varieties_of_sugarcane.htm > >> http://sugarcane-breeding.tn.nic.in/varieties.htm > >> Regards > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------- > >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > >> Post Doctoral Research Associate > >> National Center for Natural Products Research > >> Thad Cochran Research Center > >> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > >> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > >> > >> > >> 2010/12/18 tanay bose <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> What to validate ??? Ha Ha Ha > >>> This is sugarcane > >>> I hope this is the only member of Poaceae which doesn't have a > >>> hollow inter node > >>> rest all members have hollow inter node which a diagnostic character of > >>> this family > >>> Tanay > >>> > >>> 2010/12/18 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> Dear friends, > >>>> > >>>> Would someone let us know if there are more than one species known as > >>>> sugarcane ? querying in context of getting to see many varieties of > >>>> sugarcanes at different vendors ... some are thick and dark coloured, > while > >>>> some are slim and bright. > >>>> > >>>> Regards. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 2010/12/19 Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>>>> Yes, Sugarcane.... > >>>>> Pankaj > >>>>> 2010/12/19 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Saccharum officinarum ... > >>>>>> dear friends, please validate this ID. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> SAK-er-um -- referring to sugar > >>>>>> off-ik-IN-ar-um or off-ih-SIN-ar-um -- used or sold as herb > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> commonly known as: noble cane, sugarcane • Assamese: কুঁহিয়াৰ > kuhiar • > >>>>>> Bengali: আখ akha • Gujarati: શેરડી sheradi • Hindi: असि asi, गन्ना > ganna, > >>>>>> इछु ichu, ईख ikh, इक्षु ikshu, ऊख ukh • Kannada: ಌಕ್ಷು ikshu, ಕಬ್ಬು > kabbu • > >>>>>> Konkani: कोब्बु kobbu • Lushai: fu • Malayalam: കരിമ്പ് karimp, > മധുതൃണം > >>>>>> madhuthrinam • Manipuri: চূ chu • Marathi: इक्षु ikshu, मधुयष्टि > >>>>>> madhuyashti, तांबडा ऊस tambada us, ऊंस OR ऊस us • Mizo: fu • > Nepalese: > >>>>>> गँड़ासो garaso • Oriya: danda, fu • Pali: उच्चु ucchu • Prakrit: > गंडओ gandao > >>>>>> • Punjabi: ਕੁਮਾਦ kumad, ਕੁਮਾਦੀ kumadi, ਪੋਨਾ pona, ਪੋਡਾ ponda, ਪੋੱਨਾ > ponna • > >>>>>> Sanskrit: गण्डकः gandakah, इक्षु ikshu, इक्षुण्डम् ikshundam, मधुसः > >>>>>> madhusah, मधुयष्टिका madhuyashtika • Tamil: கரும்பு karumpu, > பழனவெதிர் > >>>>>> palana-vetir, தும்பி tumpi, தும்பு tumpu, உக்கிரகந்தம் ukkira-kantam > • > >>>>>> Telugu: చెరుకుగడ cheruku gada, ఇక్షువు iksuvu, తియ్యమ్రాను > thiyyamranu, తుంట > >>>>>> tunta • Tibetan: bu ram sin • Urdu: گنا ganna, اچهہ ichu, ايکهہ ikh, > اوکهہ > >>>>>> ukh > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Distribution: widely cultivated > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ... along Malshej - Junnar road 28 FEB 10 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> *********************************************** > >>>>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >>>>> Research Associate > >>>>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >>>>> Department of Habitat Ecology > >>>>> Wildlife Institute of India > >>>>> Post Box # 18 > >>>>> Dehradun - 248001, India > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tanay Bose > >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >>> Department of Botany. > >>> University of British Columbia . > >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > Research Associate > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > Wildlife Institute of India > > Post Box # 18 > > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
