Description:
Ho 07-613 was selected by researchers from the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Sugarcane Research Unit (SRU) at Houma, Louisiana from a cross between the female parent ‘HoCP 00-905’ and the male parent ‘HoCP 96-540’. The cross was made at the SRU in 2002. Both parents have pedigrees rooted in the SRU’s sugarcane germplasm enhancement program (basic breeding program) which, after multiple generations of backcrossing were utilized as parents in the commercial variety development program.