Comparative Analysis of Sugarcane Varieties in the Milagro Canton, Ecuador

Carlos Amador-Sacoto, Arturo Alvarado Barzallo, Edwin Hasang Moran, Jussen Facuy Delgado, Salomón Helfgott-Lerner

Abstract


Sugarcane is of great economic importance for the country; large and small sugarcane growers depend on this crop. In the present research, a comparative study was conducted between sugarcane varieties for a period of five (2017-2021) and ten years (2012-2021). Data from the Valdez mill and CINCAE were processed with descriptive statistical tools. The results indicated that the most cultivated varieties from 2017 to 2021 were ECU-01 and CC85-92; for the period from 2012 to 2021, the varieties CC85-9 and ECU-01. The EC-02 variety stood out in tons of cane harvested per hectare from 2012 to 2021 and the EC-02, ECU-01, and EC-06 varieties from 2017-2021. Varieties EC-06, EC-02, and EC-05 stood out in yield of 50kg bags of sugar per hectare from 2017 to 2021, and in 2012 to 2021 the varieties EC-02 and ECU-01, respectively. Varieties EC-06, EC-04, and EC-05 (2017-2021) and RAGNAR (2012-2021) achieved lower cutting age. Varieties EC-06 and EC-05 (2017-2021) and EC-02 and RAGNAR (2012-2021) presented the highest poll percentage (%). Finally, varieties EC-06 and EC-05 (2017-2021) and RAGNAR and CC85-9 (2012-2012) had better yields in kilograms of sugar per ton of cane (KATC). It is concluded that there is a moderate positive correlation between the variable tons of cane/ha and bags of sugar/ha and a very high positive correlation between KATC and sucrose content in juice (pol grades).

Keywords


Sugarcane varieties; ECU-01; EC-02; EC-04; EC-05; EC-06; CC85-92; RAGNAR.

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