EXPERIENCE WITH MICROPROPAGATED PLANTS OF SUGARCANE IN THE HERBERT

MICRO-PROPAGATION of sugarcane can be used for rapid propagation of smut resistant varieties for the Australian sugar industry. In the Herbert, a pilot system involving raising smut resistant KQ228A from plantlets to field trials for release as a clean seed plant source in 2008 has been very successful. This paper outlines the steps taken to achieve this.