Tissue culture allows for the rapid propagation of sugarcane planting material of high phytosanitary and genetic quality. This paper describes the modernization of the tissue culture facilities at the Santa Rosa Agricultural Experimental Farm.
Sugarcane (Saccharum hybrids) is the leading sugar crop, with stem elongation crucial for yield. We identified ScGID2, an F-box protein from cultivar ROC22, with broad expression in stems and leaves.
At La Estrella sugar mill in Panama, site-specific precision agriculture is being used on some sugarcane blocks where production had declined rapidly by the second-ratoon harvest. The study area is about 150 ha at three sites within the plantation.
Lignin is a complex polymer that reduces biomass recalcitrance and limits the use of sugarcane (Saccharum hybrids) for second-generation ethanol production. Among the key genes involved in lignin biosynthesis pathway, caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) impacts on both lignin content and composition.
This study was carried out during the year 2024, covering all climatic scenarios encountered under normal milling conditions. To identify sucrose losses (Sucrose%Cane), three different scenarios were evaluated: Field, Core Sampler, and Cane Yards, The study involved over 10 sugarcane varieties, with the four most significant varieties being CC05-430, CC01-1940, CC85-92, and CC11-595.
Climate change is expected to have an increasing influence on the diseases and insect pests that impact agriculture. The objective of this study was to identify the vulnerability of the sugarcane production systems in Mayabeque and Santiago de Cuba areas of Cuba, using indicators to assess the risk of disease outbreaks
Several viral diseases affect sugarcane production worldwide. In 2022, a severely stunted principal commercial variety, CP 06-2400, growing in the crossing line at the USDA-ARS Sugarcane Field Station in Canal Point, Florida, was tested using high-throughput sequencing and found to be infected with Sugarcane mild mosaic virus (SCMMV).
The Sugarcane Breeding Program of the Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (SCBP-EEAOC) is focused on the development of TUC varieties with high yield of cane and sucrose, early maturation, and resistance to the main diseases prevalent in Tucumán, Argentina.
The Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC (SMRI) has embarked on a suite of projects aimed at providing operating staff with relevant and useful information generated from already available data supplemented by data generated from newly developed instruments using the principles of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.
The Sugarcane Research Institute of Cuba (INICA) provides a breeding program to develop new cultivars for the industry. This implies that an extensive volume of data is handled annually from a population of clones and cultivars in different stages of selection.