Since time memorial the sugarcane breeding played vital role in improving sugarcane yield and sugar recovery. This is a process of evolving new genotypes which are superior over the existing ones for the set of different traits of sugarcane .Due to the efforts under the umbrella of AlCRP (S) (All India Co-ordinated Research Project (Sugarcane) many new varieties are released and continuous efforts are made to improve further. Important varieties and their features for utility sugar industry and farmers for Karnataka are given below.

The sugarcane in Karnataka is grown in four major regions.
The recommended sugarcane varieties, planting season, age at harvest and expected recovery is presented in the following table.

Sl. No.	Variety	Sucrose%	Region	Planting Season	Age at harvest	Expected Sugar Recovery %
1.	Co 8371 Co 86032	12.5	Southern & Coastal & North Karnataka	Aug. 1st week onwards	12 to 14 months	11.0 to 12.0
2.	C0 7804 Co 62175	13.0	Central Karnataka	June, July, Aug, Oct & Nov.	12 to 14 Months	11.0 to 11.5
3.	CoC 671 Co 94012 Co 86032 Co 92020	14.5	Central& North Karnataka	Oct to Jan.	12 to 14 Months	12.0 to 12.5
4.	CoC 671 Co 86032 Co94012 SNK 754 SNK 61 SNK44	13.2	North Karnataka	June to February	12 to 14 Months	12.0 to 12.5

CoC 671

• Parentage- Q 63 x Co 775
• High cane yielding, high sucrose, early ripening variety with relatively longer field keeping quality
• Thick variety with low tillering/ ratooning ability
• Responds well for higher dozes of fertilizer and irrigation
• Profusely flowering with hard spines on leaf sheath
• Suitable for early and adasali planting.

Co 94012:

• Parentage: Soma clone of CoC 671
• High cane yielding, high sucrose
• Better ratoonability
• Very spare and late flowering

Co 86032:

• Parentage: Co 62198 x CoC 671.
• High yielding and quality cane variety with excellent ratooning ability
• Reddish pink colored medium thick canes with broad green root zone and green purple leaf sheath.
• Late and very sparse flowering (< 5%), hence longer field keeping quality

Co 740:

• Parentage: Co 440 x Co 421 (D 3247 x C 4745)
• High yielding both in plant and ratoon crops
• Tolerant to drought and hence suitable for rainfed cultivation
• Highly susceptible to smut and lodging
• Suitable for late crushing and adasali planting