Breeding

Initiated in 1994 as the first Sugarcane Breeding program in a private sector in India, Parry's Scientists uses diverse germplasm from all over the world to develop suitable sugarcane varieties to meet the requirements of Parry's farmers

The hybridization garden at Bangalore is an ideal location for crossing programs and the Scientists work day and night during the peak flowering season to obtain the best possible combinations.

To enable and synchronize the flowering of the exotic germplasms, designed and developed an in-house, innovative photoperiod facility.

The seeds obtained through the crossing program (fluf) are entered through 7 to 10 stages of rigorous evaluation at various locations for its performance. The multidisciplinary team of Scientist evaluate these clones for its sucrose, fibre, yield and pest & disease resistance. Selected varieties are advanced to next stages of trials. The best entries are entered into All India Co-ordinated trials (AICRP) organized by ICAR, Government of India in both peninsular and east coast zones. Since 2000 onwards, Parry entries are undergoing trials in various stages of AICRP trials.

In addition to our own program of development of sugarcane varieties, Parry's scientists collect the existing and emerging varieties (released and pre-released) from various Sugarcane Research Stations all over India and evaluate for its suitability for cultivation in our command area.

Based on these evaluation program, the varieties are selected for multiplication for nucleus nursery, tissue culture program and for final commercial cultivation in farmers field. 

The Breeding team continues to monitor the performance of the varieties in the command areas, and provide required advises to the farmers.