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Write the scientific name of the tropical sugar cane variety of South India. Why was the need felt to cross it with the sugar cane variety of North India?

The scientific name of the tropical sugar cane variety of South India is Saccharum officinarum. It needed to be crosses with the sugar cane variety of North India because it had thicker stems and higher sugar content , while north Indian variety had poor sugar

content and yield.


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