A group of 18 of the best sugarcane clones obtained from hybridation in 1965, at the Experimental Station of Ubatuba, Instituto Agronômico, were evaluated in one experiment carried out in Santa Lydia mill, Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil. In 1973, it was started a field trial using as controls the commercial varieties NA56-79, and CB41-76. The experiment design was a randomized complete block with four replications. The cane yield (t/ha), sugar content (kg/t cane), and sugar yield (t/ha) were expressed as the average of three harvests: cane plant (18 months), first ratoon (12 months after) and second ratoon (12 months after). According to these characteristics the clones IAC65-55, IAC65-257, IAC65-113, IAC65-155 and IAC65-255 were selected, and constitute alternatives of new varieties for the sugarcane cropping in the region of Ribeirão Preto.
sugarcane; breeding; hybridation; evaluation of clones