Climate change and sugarcane production: potential impact and mitigation strategies

D Zhao, YR Li - International Journal of Agronomy, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is an important crop for sugar and bioenergy
worldwide. The increasing greenhouse gas emission and global warming during climate …

[PDF][PDF] A review on red rot: the cancer of sugarcane

R Sharma, S Tamta - J Plant Pathol Microbiol, 2015 - researchgate.net
Sugarcane is an important agro industrial crop of the world. India being the largest
consumer as well as the second largest producer of sugar, so, it requires sugarcane …

Sugarcane genes associated with sucrose content

FS Papini-Terzi, FR Rocha, RZN Vêncio, JM Felix… - BMC genomics, 2009 - Springer
Background-Sucrose content is a highly desirable trait in sugarcane as the worldwide
demand for cost-effective biofuels surges. Sugarcane cultivars differ in their capacity to …

Building the sugarcane genome for biotechnology and identifying evolutionary trends

N De Setta, CB Monteiro-Vitorello, CJ Metcalfe… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Sugarcane is the source of sugar in all tropical and subtropical countries and is
becoming increasingly important for bio-based fuels. However, its large (10 Gb), polyploid …

Transcriptome analysis highlights key differentially expressed genes involved in cellulose and lignin biosynthesis of sugarcane genotypes varying in fiber content

L Kasirajan, NV Hoang, A Furtado, FC Botha… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) is a potential lignocellulosic feedstock for biofuel
production due to its exceptional biomass accumulation ability, high convertible …

Analysis of gene expression profiles under water stress in tolerant and sensitive sugarcane plants

FA Rodrigues, ML de Laia, SM Zingaretti - Plant Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Water stress decreases plant productivity. To detect genes expressed under drought
conditions, we performed a gene expression study using drought tolerant (SP83-5073) and …

Differential expression profiles and pathways of genes in sugarcane leaf at elongation stage in response to drought stress

C Li, Q Nong, MK Solanki, Q Liang, J **e, X Liu, Y Li… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Water stress causes considerable yield losses in sugarcane. To investigate differentially
expressed genes under water stress, a pot experiment was performed with the sugarcane …

Identification of water deficit stress upregulated genes in sugarcane

G Prabu, PG Kawar, MC Pagariya… - Plant Molecular Biology …, 2011 - Springer
Sugarcane represents an important renewable source among biofuel crops with high
capability to assimilate carbon among the C4 plants. Limited availability of freshwater …

Crop coefficient, water requirements, yield and water use efficiency of sugarcane growth in Brazil

VPR da Silva, BB da Silva, WG Albuquerque… - Agricultural water …, 2013 - Elsevier
A correct evaluation of water losses as evapotranspiration (ET) by crops is important for
allocating irrigation water and improving water use efficiency. Field experiments were …

Challenges, opportunities and recent advances in sugarcane breeding

KC Scortecci, S Creste, T Calsa Jr, MA Xavier… - Plant …, 2012 - books.google.com
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) has a long history in line with European colonization and
Imperialism. Its cultivation in the New World since the early Modern Period (XVI century) …