Assessment of Soma-Clonal Variation CP67-1026 Mutant of Sugarcane through Morphological and Molecular Procedures

Abstract

Present studies were conducted on to assess the soma clonal variation in CP67-1026 mutant of sugarcane through methodological and molecular procedures. It was concluded that the Soma-clonal variation does occur in the procedure of reproduction of soma-clonal variants under invitro circumstances. Significant alterations among the sugarcane soma-clones for various parameters were studied. Out of which soma-clone-3 showed significantly best performance among all other soma-clones of NIA-2010 genotype of sugarcane. As this soma-clone gives desirable features like high cane yield and maximum sucrose content that could be used directly as commercial variety as other commercial varieties used at industrial level. This soma-clone will be designated with such combinations of features which to give maximum development in their sugar yield No. 3 was diverse soma-clone among all soma-clones. It was due to hereditary distinction among all the characters of soma-clones. These desired somatic clones might be used as parents in hybridization programs with other disease-resistant varieties to confer primary disease resistance, ultimately producing agronomically superior varieties in sugarcane crops.