PERFORMANCE OF CLONES RESULTED FROM POLYCROSSES BETWEEN POJ 2878 AND SIL 04, 6535, 31235

Increasing plant productivity to increase sugar production can be done by developing new superior varieties from crossing superior sugarcane clones. The research aimed to obtain clones from crossing with higher sugar yields than the female parents. The study was done at IP2TP Karangploso, Malang, Indonesia, from December 2020 to November 2022. As many as 24 clones from polycross and one female parent were arranged in a Randomized Block Design with 2 replications. The results showed that 11 polycross clones (19/P3/2, 19/P3/4, 19/P3/7, 19/P3/10, 19/P3/13, 19/P3/16, 19/P3/17, 19/P3/20, 19/P3/28, 19/P3/32, and 19/P3/34) produced sugar 15.54-105.04% higher than the female parent (6.19 t/ha).