Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore.
Forty six interspecific hybrids of sugarcane derived from crosses involving various species were evaluated and grouped into eleven clusters, indicating high genetic diversity among them. Though there was no clear cut differentiation between clusters with reference to species, to some extent, dispersion of hybrids in various clusters was in accordance with their species origin. Based on inter-cluster distances and cluster means for various characters, potential parents were identified from different clusters for hybridization programme.
