Flavonoids and phenolic acids from sugarcane: Distribution in the plant, changes during processing, and potential benefits to industry and health

UHAJ Hewawansa, MJ Houghton… - … Reviews in Food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) plants are grown in warmer climates throughout the world and
processed to produce sugar as well as other useful byproducts such as molasses and …

A short review on sugarcane: its domestication, molecular manipulations and future perspectives

KS Dinesh Babu, V Janakiraman… - Genetic Resources and …, 2022 - Springer
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a special crop plant that underwent anthropogenic evolution
from a wild grass species to an important food, fodder, and energy crop. Unlike any other …

Metabolic engineering of sugarcane to accumulate energy‐dense triacylglycerols in vegetative biomass

J Zale, JH Jung, JY Kim, B Pathak… - Plant biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elevating the lipid content in vegetative tissues has emerged as a new strategy for
increasing energy density and biofuel yield of crops. Storage lipids in contrast to structural …

RNAi suppression of lignin biosynthesis in sugarcane reduces recalcitrance for biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass

JH Jung, WM Fouad, W Vermerris… - Plant biotechnology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Sugarcane is a prime bioethanol feedstock. Currently, sugarcane ethanol is produced
through fermentation of the sucrose, which can easily be extracted from stem internodes …

Genetic engineering: an efficient approach to mitigating biotic and abiotic stresses in sugarcane cultivation

KK Verma, XP Song, F Budeguer, A Nikpay… - Plant Signaling & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biotic and abiotic stresses are the foremost limiting factors for crop productivity. Crop plants
need to cope with adverse external pressure caused by various environmental conditions …

Toward Cool C4 Crops

SP Long, AK Spence - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
C4 photosynthesis under optimal conditions enables higher-efficiency use of light, water,
and nitrogen than the C3 form used by many crops. It is associated with the most productive …

Agrobacterium-mediated in planta genetic transformation of sugarcane setts

S Mayavan, K Subramanyam, B Jaganath, D Sathish… - Plant Cell Reports, 2015 - Springer
Key message An efficient, reproducible, and genotype-independent in planta transformation
has been developed for sugarcane using setts as explant. Abstract Traditional …

Precision breeding for RNAi suppression of a major 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase gene improves cell wall saccharification from field grown sugarcane

JH Jung, B Kannan, H Dermawan, GW Moxley… - Plant molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) is a major feedstock for commercial bioethanol
production. The recent integration of conversion technologies that utilize lignocellulosic …

Comparison of direct and indirect embryogenesis protocols, biolistic gene transfer and selection parameters for efficient genetic transformation of sugarcane

Y Taparia, M Gallo, F Altpeter - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture …, 2012 - Springer
The comparison of direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis (DSE and ISE) for biolistic
transformation of sugarcane by minimal expression cassettes indicated the highest …

Biotechnological developments in sugarcane improvement: an overview

P Suprasanna, VY Patade, NS Desai, RM Devarumath… - Sugar Tech, 2011 - Springer
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is one of the most important field crops grown in the
tropics and sub-tropics. More than half of the world's sugar is derived from sugar cane …