Details for: PI 33243, Saccharum sinense Roxb., Merthi

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Saccharum sinense Roxb.

Top Name:

Merthi

Origin:

Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami

Received by NPGS:

20 Mar 1912

PI Assigned:

1912

Inventory Volume:

30
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	5 count		MIA 34054 PL

Note: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Saccharum sinense Roxb.

Top Name:

Merthi

Origin:

Collected – Uttar Pradesh, India

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami

Received by NPGS:

20 Mar 1912

PI Assigned:

1912

Source History

Collected

23 March 1912.
Uttar Pradesh, India

Collector(s):

Parr, Agricultural College

Accession Names and Identifiers

Merthi

Type: Unverified name

CANE 7

Type: Donor identifier

MIA 34054

Type: Inventory

Narrative

Saccharum sinense Roxb.

Genus:

Saccharum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Saccharinae

Nomen number:

103341

Place of publication:

Pl. Coromandel 3: t. 232. 1815 ("1819")

Comment:

or Saccharum Sinense or Pansahi Group

Verified:

10/01/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Chinese cane	1	Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:145.
English	Chinese sugarcane	1	Daniels, J. et al. 1991. Sugar Cane. 1991(3):11-16.
Portuguese (Brazil)	cana-de-açúcar	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Transcribed Chinese	zhong guo zhong	2	Daniels, J. et al. 1991. Sugar Cane. 1991(3):11-16.
Transcribed Chinese	zhu zhe	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 16 May 1996, from Saccharum officinarum L. to Saccharum sinense Roxb.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
CHEMICAL	Brix measurement	Hand refractometer brix measurement.	20.6	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant height	Relative plant height. Coded 1 to 9 (tall).	8 - (1 = SHORT, 9 = TALL)	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
GROWTH	Canopy structure	Canopy structure.	3 - Open semi-droopy	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Plant erectness	Relative plant erectness. Coded 1 to 9 (erect).	7 - (1 = PROSTRATE, 9 = ERECT)	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Plant tillering	Relative plant tillering. Coded 1 to 9 (profuse).	4 - (1 = NO TILLERING, 9 = PROFUSE)	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Mid internode stalk width	Width of stalk at mid internode, measured in centimeters.	1.99	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Mid node stalk width	Width of stalk at mid node, measured in centimeters.	2.19	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Rind stripes	Presence or absence of stripes on the rind.	2 - Absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Exposed rind color	Color of the exposed rind.	14 - Greenish yellow	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Freshly exposed rind color	Color of freshly exposed rind.	14 - Greenish yellow	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk wax bloom	Relative degree of stalk wax bloom.	4 - Heavy	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk red blotches	Presence or absence of stalk red blotches.	2 - Absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk corky cracks	Presence or absence of stalk corky cracks.	2 - Absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk corky patches	Presence or absence of stalk corky patches.	2 - Absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stalk growth cracks	Relative degree of stalk growth cracks.	1 - Absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Major internode shape	Relative major internode shape.	5 - Bobin-shaped	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internode alignment	Relative degree of internode alignment.	2 - Slightly zigzag	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internode cross section	Relative shape of internode cross section.	1 - Round	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Piping	Relative degree of piping.	1 - Solid	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pithiness	Relative degree of pithiness.	1 - Nonpithy	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internode flesh color	Presence or absence of red internode flesh color.	2 - Not red	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internode wax band	Relative prominence of internode wax band.	2 - Slightly prominent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internode wax band shape	Relative shape of internode wax band.	3 - Funnel shaped	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internode wax band width	Relative width of internode wax band.	1 - Wide	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Bud groove type	Type of bud groove.	6 - Narrow	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Node swelling	Relative degree of node swelling.	1 - Swollen	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Exposed root band color	Color of the exposed root band.	1 - Green	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Freshly exposed root band colo	Color of freshly exposed root band.	2 - Light green	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root band width	Width of root band, measured in millimeters.	8	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root band swelling	Relative degree of root band swelling.	1 - Swollen	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root band shape	Relative shape of root band.	1 - Cylindrical	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Root eye row number	Number of root eye rows.	2	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Node alignment	Relative degree of node alignment.	1 - Regular	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Bud shape	Relative bud shape.	3 - Ovate	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Bud cushion	Presence or absence of bud cushion.	2 - Absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Bud extension	Relative degree of bud extension.	3 - Extending above growth ring	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Germpore	Location of germpore.	1 - Apical	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Growth ring swelling	Relative degree of growth ring swelling.	3 - Not swollen	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf sheath clasping	Relative degree of leaf sheath clasping.	3 - Light	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf color	Color of the leaves.	1 - Green	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf blotching	Presence or absence of dark leaf blotches.	1 - Present	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Scarious leaf margins	Presence or absence of scarious leaf margins.	1 - Present	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf sheath pubescence groups	Presence or absence of leaf sheath pubescence groups.	2 - Hair group 56 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf sheath pubescence groups	Presence or absence of leaf sheath pubescence groups.	3 - Hair group 57 present	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf sheath pubescence groups	Presence or absence of leaf sheath pubescence groups.	5 - Hair group 60 present	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Dewlap color	Color of the dewlap.	19 - Green with purple margin	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Dewlap pubescence groups	Presence or absence of dewlap pubescence groups.	2 - Hair group 51 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Dewlap pubescence groups	Presence or absence of dewlap pubescence groups.	4 - Hair group 52 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Dewlap pubescence groups	Presence or absence of dewlap pubescence groups.	6 - Hair group 58 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ligule shape	Relative shape of ligule.	5 - Crescent with lozenge	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ligule width	Relative width of ligule.	2 - Medium	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Outer auricle	Type of outer auricle.	2 - Transitional	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Auricle pubescence groups	Presence or absence of auricle pubescence groups.	1 - Hair group 54 present	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina color	Color of the lamina.	1 - Green	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina length	Length of lamina, measured in centimeters.	118	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina width	Width of lamina, measured in centimeters.	4.3	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina pubescence groups	Presence or absence of lamina pubescence groups.	10 - Margin hair group 67 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina pubescence groups	Presence or absence of lamina pubescence groups.	2 - Midrib hair group 55 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina pubescence groups	Presence or absence of lamina pubescence groups.	4 - Midrib hair group 63 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina pubescence groups	Presence or absence of lamina pubescence groups.	6 - Dorsal hair group 67 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Lamina pubescence groups	Presence or absence of lamina pubescence groups.	8 - Ventral hair group 67 absent	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf wax bloom	Relative degree of leaf wax bloom.	3 - Medium	SUGARCANE.AGRONOMIC	Not Available