| Species | Sugarcane | Sweet sorghum | Comparison |
| Character | Mean | Mean | LSD |
| Stem fresh weight (g) | 541.52a | 546.45a | 269.98 |
| Stem internode number | 18.50a | 12.75b | 3.18 |
| Stem juice volume (ml) | 234.00a | 277.17a | 141.06 |
| Stem juice pH | 5.38a | 5.25a | 0.25 |
| Stem juice weight (g) | 256.61a | 297.29a | 150.79 |
| Cake fresh weight (g) | 284.91a | 249.16a | 121.75 |
| Juice /fresh cake weight ratio | 0.90a | 1.20b | 0.18 |
| Dry cake weight (g) | 95.91a | 92.32a | 46.85 |
| Residual juice weight (g) | 189.72a | 156.84a | 76.13 |
| Residual juice volume (ml) | 173.3a | 146.33a | 70.95 |
| Total juice volume (ml) | 407.33a | 423.49a | 209.62 |
| Glucose concentration (mg/ml) | 6.9b | 17.0a | 4.8 |
| Fructose concentration (mg/ml) | 4.9b | 13.8a | 4.1 |
| Glucose/Fructose ratio | 1.43a | 1.25b | 0.13 |
| Sucrose concentration (mg/ml) | 90.5a | 73.1a | 26.3 |
| Starch concentration (mg/ml) | 0.17a | 0.44a | 0.29 |
| Total pressed juice sugar (g) | 24.63a | 27.92a | 13.35 |
| Total stem sugar (g) | 42.71a | 42.59a | 20.35 |
| Pressed sugar/dry cake weight ratio | 0.26a | 0.30a | 0.06 |