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Sugarcane Functional Genomics: Gene Discovery for Agronomic Trait Development

Sugarcane is a highly productive crop used for centuries as the main source of sugar and recently to produce ethanol, a renewable bio-fuel energy source. There is increased interest in this crop due to the impending need to decrease fossil fuel usage. Sugarcane has a highly polyploid genome. Express...

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Autores principales: Menossi, M., Silva-Filho, M. C., Vincentz, M., Van-Sluys, M.-A., Souza, G. M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2216073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18273390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/458732
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author Menossi, M.
Silva-Filho, M. C.
Vincentz, M.
Van-Sluys, M.-A.
Souza, G. M.
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Silva-Filho, M. C.
Vincentz, M.
Van-Sluys, M.-A.
Souza, G. M.
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description Sugarcane is a highly productive crop used for centuries as the main source of sugar and recently to produce ethanol, a renewable bio-fuel energy source. There is increased interest in this crop due to the impending need to decrease fossil fuel usage. Sugarcane has a highly polyploid genome. Expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing has significantly contributed to gene discovery and expression studies used to associate function with sugarcane genes. A significant amount of data exists on regulatory events controlling responses to herbivory, drought, and phosphate deficiency, which cause important constraints on yield and on endophytic bacteria, which are highly beneficial. The means to reduce drought, phosphate deficiency, and herbivory by the sugarcane borer have a negative impact on the environment. Improved tolerance for these constraints is being sought. Sugarcane's ability to accumulate sucrose up to 16% of its culm dry weight is a challenge for genetic manipulation. Genome-based technology such as cDNA microarray data indicates genes associated with sugar content that may be used to develop new varieties improved for sucrose content or for traits that restrict the expansion of the cultivated land. The genes can also be used as molecular markers of agronomic traits in traditional breeding programs.
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spelling pubmed-22160732008-11-06 Sugarcane Functional Genomics: Gene Discovery for Agronomic Trait Development Menossi, M. Silva-Filho, M. C. Vincentz, M. Van-Sluys, M.-A. Souza, G. M. Int J Plant Genomics Review Article Sugarcane is a highly productive crop used for centuries as the main source of sugar and recently to produce ethanol, a renewable bio-fuel energy source. There is increased interest in this crop due to the impending need to decrease fossil fuel usage. Sugarcane has a highly polyploid genome. Expressed sequence tag (EST) sequencing has significantly contributed to gene discovery and expression studies used to associate function with sugarcane genes. A significant amount of data exists on regulatory events controlling responses to herbivory, drought, and phosphate deficiency, which cause important constraints on yield and on endophytic bacteria, which are highly beneficial. The means to reduce drought, phosphate deficiency, and herbivory by the sugarcane borer have a negative impact on the environment. Improved tolerance for these constraints is being sought. Sugarcane's ability to accumulate sucrose up to 16% of its culm dry weight is a challenge for genetic manipulation. Genome-based technology such as cDNA microarray data indicates genes associated with sugar content that may be used to develop new varieties improved for sucrose content or for traits that restrict the expansion of the cultivated land. The genes can also be used as molecular markers of agronomic traits in traditional breeding programs. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2008 2007-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC2216073/ /pubmed/18273390 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/458732 Text en Copyright © 2008 M. Menossi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sugarcane Functional Genomics: Gene Discovery for Agronomic Trait Development
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/458732
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