00096 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9100096

Status

: T

Project Code

: UG0501000028

Starting Date

: 199001

Duration

: 60

Termination Date

: 199401

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 198910

Title

: Selection of sugarcane for high productivity from imported germplasm.

Objectives

: Selection from large and genetically variable population of seedlings for high sugar content, early maturity, disease and pest resistance, non flowering and suitability for local conditions.

Category (Primary)

: F30

Category (Secondary)

: F02

AGROVOC Descriptors

: SUCCHARUM OFFICINARUM; GERMPLASM; INTRODUCED VARIETIES; PLANT BREEDING; SELECTION; (HIGH SUGAR CONTENT); EARLINESS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PEST RESISTANCE

Indexing(Proposed)

: HIGH SUGAR CONTENT

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organization. Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute

Institution Address

: PO Box 7065, KAMPALA (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Sewaya, F.; Birth: ‘59; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: PLANT BREEDING

Notes

: The project has not started due to lack of funds. Sugarcane research is no longer undertaken by NARO.

Type of research

: B