Which one of the following combination would a sugarcane farmer look for in the sugarcane crop

Options

A. thick stem , long internodes , high suger content and resisitant
B. thick stem , high sugar content and profuse flowering
C. thick stem , shrot internodes , high sugar content , disease resistant
D. thick sterm , low sugar content and disease resistent

Answer

A

Explanation

in the sugarcane crop farmer looks for thick stem ,long internodes , high sugar content and disease resistantance in . Practice , saccharum barbari and sacchararum officinarum arae being used to develop such combination .
saccharum barbari was orignally frown in north india but had poor sugar content and yield ,Tropical canes grown is south india saccharum had thicker sterms and higher sugar content but did not well in North india india.n
NOw , these two species are successfully crossed to get sugarcane varieties combining the Desirable qualities of high yield f thick sterms high sugar and ability to grow in the sugarcane areas of north india.