V. Todd Miller LSU AgCenter
St. Gabriel — The announcement of a new variety and the arrival of a potentially troublesome weed highlighted the LSU AgCenter’s annual Sugar Research Station field day.
AgCenter breeder Michael Pontif announced a new U.S. Department of Agriculture variety release, HoCP 18-803. After 12 years of testing and more than 200 samples brought to the lab, 803 was determined to exhibit good tonnage, stalk size and sugar — doing statistically better than L 01299, the leading variety in the state for the past several years.
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