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Screening for and heritability of flood-tolerance in the Florida (CP) sugarcane breeding population

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An experiment screening for flood-tolerance and estimating the heritability of flood-tolerance was conducted on 160 sugarcane clones in the Canal Point, Florida, USA sugarcane breeding population. Clones were grown in two environments, a drained control and a continuous, five-month flood. The test ran for two crop years, plant-cane and first ratoon. A wide range of production was observed, with some clones dying out after the first year. Several clones had two-year mean cane production in flood that was ≥70% of their production in control. Heritabilities calculated by parent-offspring regression ranged from 0.29 to 0.51.

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  1. Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida, P.O. Box 8003, 33430, FL, Belle Glade, USA

    C. W. Deren, G. H. Snyder & P. S. Porter

  2. USDA/ARS Sugarcane Field Station, Star Route Box 8, 33438, Canal Point, FL, USA

    J. D. Miller

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Deren, C.W., Snyder, G.H., Miller, J.D. et al. Screening for and heritability of flood-tolerance in the Florida (CP) sugarcane breeding population. Euphytica 56, 155–160 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042059

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