A field experiment was conducted during the early season for two years at the Sugarcane Research Station, Sirugamani, Trichy, Tamil Nadu the early seasons of 2016-2017 to evaluate the performance of nine different sugarcane varieties as treatments under Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative(SSI) in sandy clay loam soil type. The trial was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications. The results of this study revealed that the highest mean number of economic shoots (94,440/ha) and cane yield of 129.5 t/ha was recorded by the variety CoSi(Sc) 6 variety under SSI. The highest net return (Rs.1,63,277/ha), sugar yield(22.43 t/ha) and BCR (2.17) was recorded with the variety CoSi(Sc) 6 under SSI in the sandy clay loam soils of Trichy District in Tamil Nadu.

Sustainable Sugarcane Inititiave, Varieties, cane yield.

From this study, it can be concluded that the sugarcane variety CoSi(Sc) 6 performed better under the Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI) method of sugarcane cultivation followed by the varieties CoC 24 on sandy clay loam soils of Trichy district in Tamil Nadu.

R. Nageswari, V. Dhanushkodi, R. Anitha, T. Saranraj, B. Senthamizh Selvi and K.B. Sujatha (2023). Evaluation of Different Sugarcane Varieties Suitable for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative(SSI) under Sandy Clay Loam Soils. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(12): 470-472.