Variety

Emergence (%)

(45 DAP)

Tillers/ha

(`000)

(3 - 7 m)

Stalk population/ha

(`000)

Internode length (cm)

Stalk girth

(cm)

Stalk height (cm)

Cane yield

(t/ha)

Brix (T/B) ratio

KEN 83-737

75.6^b

111.741^b

139.610^a

10.4^a

1.7^b

231.8^b

135.6^a

0.62

KEN 98-530

80.6^a

124.185^a

115.943^b

8.8a^b

2.3^a

244.9^a

111.5^b

0.65

KEN 98-533

68.2^c

100.704^c

111.933^b

6.2^b

1.9^b

144.^7e

59.0^e

0.67

FR 95-2345

72.3^bc

123.518^a

111.167^b

9.5^a

2.3^a

208.7^c

95.6^c

0.77

KEN 00-3811

73.3^b

93.630^c

103.557^b

6.4^b

2.0^b

166.5^b

78.7^d

0.66

KEN 82-472

68.2^c

82.445^d

70.777^c

6.1^b

1.8^b

137.^0f

37.9^f

0.65

Mean

73.0

106.037

108.831

7.9

2.0

189.0

86.4

0.67

STDEV

4.7

16.771

22.3111

1.89

0.25

45.86

35.49

0.05

LSD_0.05

4.4*

10,067*

7.719*

2.7*

0.1*

4.17*

9.7*

0.17ns

CV (%)

12.8

20.1

8.7

10.3

0.7

2.7

13.7

7.4