Description:
Energy cane genotypes were initially selected from wide crosses of S. spontaneum x commercial sugarcane made at the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Sugarcane Field Station at Canal Point, FL from 1972 to 1985 and maintained in an energy cane nursery there. From these genotypes, UFCP 84-1047 was selected for further study based on superior plant cane yields at EREC. UFCP 84-1047 was selected from a CP78-0349 x Mandalay mating.