Registration of 'CP 14-1490' sugarcane

'CP 14-1490' (Reg. no. CV-212, PI 700785), a sugarcane (a complex hybrid of Saccharum spp) cultivar, was developed through cooperative research conducted by the USDA-ARS, the University of Florida, and the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. The Florida Sugarcane Variety Committee released CP 14-1490 in June 2021 to growers for commercial cultivation on organic (muck) soils. It originated from a cross made at Canal Point (CP) on 29 Nov. 2011, where 'CP 04-1844' (PI 664935) was the female parent, and the male parent was 'CPCL 02-8021'. CP 14-1490 was released for its high sugar yields; acceptable commercial recoverable sucrose (though it had significantly lower cane yield at the second ratoon); resistances to Sugarcane mosaic virus strain E (mosaic) and ratoon stunt disease (caused by Clavibacter xyli subsp. xyli Davis et al.); moderate resistances to brown [caused by Puccinia melanocephala (H. & P. Sydow)] and orange rusts (caused by Puccinia kuehnii (Kruger) E. Butler], and leaf scald [caused by Xanthomonas albilineans (Ashby) Dowson]; and moderate susceptibility to smut [caused by Sporisorium scitamineum (Syd., M. Piepenbr., M. Stoll & Oberw)]. Yield data of CP 14-1490 and reference checks (i.e., 'CP 00-1101' [PI 651881], 'CP 96-1252' [PI 634935], 'CPCL 05-1201' [PI 672485]) were collected from 15 harvests (i.e., three crop cycles [plant cane, first and second ratoon] at five organic-soil locations in final-stage replicated yield trials. There was no significant difference in cane yield with all tested reference checks and no significant difference in sugar yield with CP 00-1101 and CPCL 05-1201. When compared to CP 96-1252, CP 14-1490 had significantly (P <= .05) higher sucrose yield (19.2%) and commercial recoverable sucrose (5%). CP 14-1490 rated moderately tolerant to freezing among 23 tested genotypes.