While smaller stalk diameter and
stalk weight and greater population were observed for
plants of CP 70-321 from a leaf-roll explant source,
these changes were not significant in plants derived
from an apical meristem source. It also should be
noted for the CP 70-321 leaf-roll explant source that
final yield, as measured by cane and sucrose yield, was
not affected by this tissue culture practice. This was
because stalk weight and population are compensatory
yield components in sugarcane