Overview

The fast-growing sugarcane plant is a major source of sugar (sucrose) in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The high productivity of the plant also makes it a key target for use as an energy crop. The fiber of the plant is used to generate electricity and produce ethanol as a fuel. Sugarcane is a hybrid of two species, each of which is genetically complex. The high level of genetic complexity in sugarcane creates challenges in the application of both conventional and molecular breeding to the genetic improvement of sugarcane as a sugar and energy crop. This book describes technologies that support the continued use and improvement of sugarcane as source of food and energy. Recent technology developments indicate the potential to greatly increase our understanding of the sugarcane plant by application of emerging genomic technologies. This should result in an increased rate of improvement of sugarcane for human uses.

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Author:   Robert J. Henry (Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia) ,  Chittaranjan Kole (Clemson University, South Carolina, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Science Publishers,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9781578086849

ISBN 10:   1578086841
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   15 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Basic Information on the Sugarcane Plant. Molecular Cytogenetics. Diversity Analysis. Association Studies. Molecular Genetic Linkage Mapping in Saccharum: Strategies, Resources and Achievements. Mapping, Tagging, and Map-Based Cloning of Simply Inherited Traits. Molecular Mapping of Complex Traits. Structural Genomics and Genome Sequencing. Functional Genomics: Transcriptomics of Sugarcane—Current Status and Future Prospects. Proteomics and Metabolomics. Role of Bioinformatics as a Tool for Sugarcane Research. Future Prospects.

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Robert Henry, Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia Chittaranjan Kole, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA

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