The dry matter content of the sugarcane stalk consists of soluble sugars and insoluble fibre. Although the fibre content of Saccharum officinarum is typically low, with the introgression of S. spontaneum a wider range of fibre characteristics can be identified in...
Root-knot nematodes (RKNs, Meloidogyne javanica) are widely distributed and are economically important parasites of sugarcane crops. Studies have shown that nematodes cause from 5 to 20% yield loss per year, which costs the sugarcane industry more than AU$80 million....
