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Sugarcane is a widely cultivated monocotyledonous crop economically important in many countries and regions of the world. There are three cultivated species, namely Saccharum officinarum, S. barberi and S. sinense, and two wild species, S. spontaneum and S. robustum. The early cultivars were mostly clones of S. officinarum, which was a domesticated high-sugar-content species of S. robustum (Daniels and Roach 1987). Modern cultivars, which have increased yield and disease resistance compared to early cultivars, were generally derived by crossing S. officinarum with S. spontaneum, and then backcrossing the hybrids to S. officinarum, followed by intercrossing and selection (Berding and Roach 1987).
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(2007). Sugarcane. In: Pua, EC., Davey, M. (eds) Transgenic Crops V. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 60. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49161-3_23
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