Growth analysis is considered a standard method for measuring the biological productivity of plant species in determined environmental conditions. The objective of this study was to evaluate growth and dry matter production in the planted cane cycle of eleven varieties of sugarcane (SP79-1011, RB813804, RB863129, RB872552, RB943365, RB72454, RB763710, SP78-4764, SP81-3250, RB867515, RB92579), cultivated under full irrigation. The experiment was installed in field conditions in Carpina county, PE, Brazil. A randomized block statistical design was used, with four replications. Growth analysis of the varieties consisted of height and diameter measurement of the stalks, evaluated monthly, in eleven periods of the cultivation that extended from 60 to 360days after planting (DAP). Dry matter production in the above ground part was quantified from 120 until 360 DAP, with sampling intervals of every two months. At 360 DAP the varieties RB72454, RB92579 and RB867515 obtained the highest stalk height, whilethe varieties RB863129, RB72454 and RB867515 presented the greatest diameter values. However the greatest dry matter in above ground productions at 360 DAP was observed in the varieties RB92579, SP81-3250 and RB872552.
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