Improving accuracy of field trials is fundamental for improving the selection accuracy of target traits and accelerating genetic gain rates. Sugarcane breeding field trials are commonly affected by inconsistencies, due to factors such as gaps in experimental plots...
Interplot competition confounds genotype performance and bias selections in small single-row plots. In the final stage of sugarcane selection, four-row wide by ten-meter-long plots are used on the basis that larger plots experience less interplot competition. However,...
The SRA breeding program contributes to a more profitable and sustainable sugar industry through the continuous development of more productive and disease-resistant varieties. New varieties have been critical in reducing yield losses due to diseases and to help...
Sugarcane smut is arguably the most important sugarcane disease. It is present worldwide, complex and, despite extensive study, it is still little understood. Caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum, in a severe epidemic combined with either a susceptible or...
