Description:
Energy cane genotypes were initially selected from wide crosses of S. spontaneum x commercial sugarcane made at the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Field Station at Canal Point, FL from 1972 to 1985 and maintained in an energy cane nursery there. UFCP 87-0053 was selected for further study based on superior plant cane yields at EREC. Parental lines for UFCP 87-0053 are unknown; though molecular fingerprinting demonstrates its distinctiveness from other energy cane releases from this study.