Abstract Background Both sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sugarcane (Saccharum
officinarum) are members of the Andropogoneae tribe in the Poaceae and are each other's …

Commercial sugarcane, belonging to the genus Saccharum (Poaceae), is an important
industrial crop accounting for nearly 70% of sugar produced worldwide. Compared to other …

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a major crop for sugar and bioenergy production. Its highly
polyploid, aneuploid, heterozygous, and interspecific genome poses major challenges for …

This review summarizes recent work on sugarcane crop improvement through conventional
breeding and the rapid advancement in molecular biology and biotechnology in sugarcane …

Modern sugarcane cultivars (Saccharum spp., 2 n= 100–120) are complex polyploids
derived from interspecific hybridization performed a century ago between the sugar …

Sugarcane varieties are complex polyploids carrying in excess of 100 chromosomes and
are derived from interspecific hybridisation between the domesticated Saccharum …

Genomic microsatellite markers are capable of revealing high degree of polymorphism.
Sugarcane (Saccharum sp.), having a complex polyploid genome requires more number of …

Reference genome sequences have become key platforms for genetics and breeding of the
major crop species. Sugarcane is probably the largest crop produced in the world (in weight …

Modern sugarcane cultivars (Saccharum spp., 2 n= 100–130) are high polyploid, aneuploid
and of interspecific origin. A major gene (Bru 1) conferring resistance to brown rust, caused …

Biomass has gained prominence in the last few years as one of the most important
renewable energy sources. In Brazil, a sugarcane ethanol program called ProAlcohol was …