History and current status of sugarcane breeding, germplasm development and molecular genetics in Brazil

DE Cursi, HP Hoffmann, GVS Barbosa, JA Bressiani… - Sugar Tech, 2022 - Springer
Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane and one of the leading suppliers of sugar
and ethanol worldwide. In the 2019–2020 crop season, the country produced 642.7 million …

Modern biotechnologies: Innovative and sustainable approaches for the improvement of sugarcane tolerance to environmental stresses

R Shabbir, T Javed, I Afzal, AE Sabagh, A Ali… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is one of the most important industrial cash crops, contributing
to the world sugar industry and biofuel production. It has been cultivated and improved from …

Sugarcane omics: an update on the current status of research and crop improvement

A Ali, M Khan, R Sharif, M Mujtaba, SJ Gao - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sugarcane is an important crop from Poaceae family, contributing about 80% of the total
world's sucrose with an annual value of around US $150 billion. In addition, sugarcane is …

[HTML][HTML] Drought stress tolerance mechanisms and breeding effort in sugarcane: A review of progress and constraints in South Africa

PJ Dlamini - Plant Stress, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought stress is a major cause of yield losses in sugarcane production and the frequency of
its occurrence in several regions is expected to increase due to climate change. Despite the …

Genomic selection in sugarcane: Current status and future prospects

C Mahadevaiah, C Appunu, K Aitken… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sugarcane is a C4 and agro-industry-based crop with a high potential for biomass
production. It serves as raw material for the production of sugar, ethanol, and electricity …

Sugarcane breeding: a fantastic past and promising future driven by technology and methods

G Lu, P Liu, Q Wu, S Zhang, P Zhao, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Sugarcane is the most important sugar and energy crop in the world. During sugarcane
breeding, technology is the requirement and methods are the means. As we know, seed is …

Genetic diversity and population structure of Saccharum hybrids

MF Perera, S Ostengo, ANP Malavera… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sugarcane breeding programs incorporate foreign material to broaden the genetic base,
expanding the gene pool. In South America, the Inter-university Network for the …

Genome-wide association study unravels quantitative trait loci and genes associated with yield-related traits in sugarcane

B Zhang, Y Huang, L Zhang, Z Zhou… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sugarcane, a major sugar and energy crop worldwide faces an increasing demand for
higher yields. Identifying yield-related markers and candidate genes is valuable for breeding …

Genetic association analysis in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) for sucrose accumulation in humid environments in Colombia

C Saavedra-Díaz, JH Trujillo-Montenegro, HA Jaimes… - BMC Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Background Sucrose accumulation in sugarcane is affected by several environmental and
genetic factors, with plant moisture being of critical importance for its role in the synthesis …

A first look at the ability to use genomic prediction for improving the ratooning ability of sugarcane

MS Islam, K Corak, P McCord… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The sugarcane ratooning ability (RA) is the most important target trait for breeders seeking to
enhance the profitability of sugarcane production by reducing the planting cost …