Many thanks Gurcharan ji for the info. Regards.
2010/12/19 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Back in Jammu in our sugar cane fields, I have seen two distinct cultivars: > taller, thicker canes pale green stems used mainly for eating raw and > extracting juice common in Indian markets; and second more tufted, shorter > and less thicker canes, mostly reddish in colour, rarely seen in market but > processed for the yield of Gur/sakar finally refined into commercial sugar. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > 2010/12/18 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > >> 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 >>> >> >> > > >
