[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 …

Exploration of epigenetics for improvement of drought and other stress resistance in crops: A review

C Sun, K Ali, K Yan, S Fiaz, R Dormatey, Z Bi, J Bai - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Crop plants often have challenges of biotic and abiotic stresses, and they adapt
sophisticated ways to acclimate and cope with these through the expression of specific …

Sugarcane monoculture drives microbial community composition, activity and abundance of agricultural-related microorganisms

M Tayyab, Z Yang, C Zhang, W Islam, W Lin… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Sugarcane monoculture (SM) often leads to soil problems, like soil acidification,
degradation, and soil-borne diseases, which ultimately pose a negative impact on …

Continuous sugarcane planting negatively impacts soil microbial community structure, soil fertility, and sugarcane agronomic parameters

Z Pang, M Tayyab, C Kong, Q Liu, Y Liu, C Hu, J Huang… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Continuous planting has a negative impact on sugarcane plant growth and reduces global
sugarcane crop production, including in China. The response of soil bacteria, fungal, and …

Corrected photochemical reflectance index (PRI) is an effective tool for detecting environmental stresses in agricultural crops under light conditions

K Kohzuma, M Tamaki, K Hikosaka - Journal of plant research, 2021 - Springer
High-throughput detection of plant environmental stresses is required for minimizing the
reduction in crop yield. Environmental stresses in plants have primarily been validated by …

Sugarcane cultivar-dependent changes in assemblage of soil rhizosphere fungal communities in subtropical ecosystem

M Tayyab, N Fallah, C Zhang, Z Pang, W Islam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Sugarcane cultivars (Saccharum officinarum L.) are widely cultivated for both sugar and
renewable energy in China. The response of rhizosphere fungal composition and diversity …

Morphological, agronomical, physiological and molecular characterization of a high sugar mutant of sugarcane in comparison to mother variety

Q Khan, Y Qin, DJ Guo, XP Zeng, JY Chen, YY Huang… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Sugarcane is a significant crop plant with the capability of accumulating higher amount of
sucrose. In the present study, a high sucrose content sugarcane mutant clone, GXB9, has …

Characterisation of an ethyl methanesulfonate‐derived drought‐tolerant sugarcane mutant line

M Masoabi, S Snyman… - Annals of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable sugarcane production in areas prone to frequent and severe drought can be
achieved by creating resilient sugarcane varieties. In this study, a unique mutant line, M9. 2 …

Random mutagenesis in vegetatively propagated crops: opportunities, challenges and genome editing prospects

M Kashtwari, S Mansoor, AA Wani, MA Najar… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
In order to meet the growing human food and nutrition demand a perpetual process of crop
improvement is idealized. It has seen changing trends and varying concepts throughout …

Ex vitro morpho-physiological screening of drought tolerant sugarcane epimutants generated Via 5-azacytidine and imidacloprid treatments

MJ Koetle, SJ Snyman, RS Rutherford - Tropical Plant Biology, 2022 - Springer
The present study evaluated the drought tolerance potential of ten epimutants generated in
vitro via 5-Azacytidine (Azac) demethylation, followed by re-methylation in the presence of …