A key component of the sugarcane breeding program is introgression of new characteristics from wild species. Erianthus, a closely related genus to sugarcane, is a good candidate as it contains a number of traits of agronomic importance including pest and disease...
Introgression of Erianthus arundinaceus into the SRA sugarcane-breeding program has been a goal for researchers for many years. The Erianthus genome was finally accessible to sugarcane breeders with the identification in 2005 of the first Saccharum/Erianthus fertile...
