Co 0238 is getting red rot in our area. Which new red rot resistant sugarcane varieties should I plant in UP?
Which sugarcane variety is replacing Co 0238 due to red rot (ganna)?
RRakesh Tomar1yr ago · 466 views
8 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓1yr ago
Co 0238, once the dominant variety in Uttar Pradesh, has been badly hit by a severe red rot strain and its area and yield have fallen, so the state is actively promoting replacement with more resistant varieties. Recommended replacement varieties promoted in UP include Co 0118, Co 15023, Co 98014, CoLk 14201, CoS 13235, and other newer cane and Lucknow bred varieties, chosen for better red rot tolerance and recovery. Do not keep ratooning a red rot infected Co 0238 crop, as it spreads disease through soil and setts. Use healthy disease free seed cane, treat setts before planting, and rotate fields. Confirm the latest approved variety list and certified seed source with your sugar mill cane department or the UP cane development office for your area.
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓11mo ago
On sourcing, the safest route is to raise your own clean seed plot. Take certified disease free seed of the new variety, grow a dedicated seed nursery with sett treatment, and use that to plant your main field next season. This way you control seed health yourself instead of depending on whatever setts are available. Confirm the certified variety list and seed plot method with the UP cane development office or your KVK.
YYashpal Singh1yr ago
In Muzaffarnagar most of us are pulling out Co 0238 now. The mill is giving seed of newer varieties. My Co 0238 ratoon last year had red rot patches and the cane just dried up, big loss.
DDharmveer Tomar1yr ago
Do not put your whole farm into one new variety the first year. I planted two of the recommended replacements side by side to see which suits my soil and water and how the mill rates them on recovery. Spreading the risk meant one weak variety did not sink my whole season.
NNaseem Ahmad1yr ago
Wherever you get the new seed, insist on genuinely disease free, certified setts. A few farmers here brought cheap seed from an infected field and carried red rot straight into the new variety, which then is not really resistant in practice. The mill cane department or a clean nursery is the safer source.
MMukesh Rana1yr ago
No variety stays resistant forever, that is the lesson from Co 0238 itself, which was excellent for years before the disease broke it. So treat sett treatment, clean seed, and drainage as permanent habits even with a new resistant variety. Relying on resistance alone and getting careless is what let red rot explode last time.
JJaiprakash Kashyap1yr ago
Check how each new variety suits your end use and mill. Some of the replacement varieties differ in maturity and recovery, and a few are better for gud or seed than for the mill. I asked the cane department which of the recommended ones the mill here pays the early category rate for before deciding.
SSurendra Pal1yr ago
When you do pull out the old Co 0238, do not leave infected stubble and trash lying in the field or dump it at the edge, as it carries the fungus over. We removed and destroyed the diseased stubble and gave the field a season of a non host crop before replanting cane, which helped clean the soil.