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

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

This is the first successful report of the recovery of morphologically normal transgenic
sugarcane plants from co-cultivation of calluses with Agrobacterium tumefaciens …

The presence of undesirable plants in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) plantations
reduces crop yields. Using genetic engineering as a complement for traditional breeding …

Plant genetic transformation permits direct introduction of agronomically useful genes into
important crops and offers a significant tool in breeding programs by producing novel and …

Resumen DE LA RIVA, Gustavo A; GONZALEZ-CABRERA, Joel; VAZQUEZ-PADRON,
Roberto y AYRA-PARDO, Camilo. Agrobacterium tumefaciens: a natural tool for plant …

A population of 42 transgenic sugarcane (hybrid, cv. Ja60‐5) clones expressing a truncated
cryIA (b) gene from Bacillus thuringiensis was evaluated in field trials under artificial borer …

We describe an efficient procedure for genetic transformation of commercial sugarcane
varieties POJ 2878 and Ja 60-5. The transformation protocol is based on electroporation of a …

Stably transformed sugarcane plants were produced by the biolistic introduction of DNA into
tissue-cultured cells. Constructs containing genes in sense and antisense orientation of …

Gene editing technologies have opened up the possibility of manipulating the genome of
any organism in a predicted way. CRISPR technology is the most used genome editing tool …