Breeding for improved sugar content in sugarcane

By P. Jackson. 2005

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Genetic Improvement of Sorghum as a Biofuel Feedstock: I. QTL for Stem Sugar and Grain Nonstructural Carbohydrates (2008, background): “However, sugar yield from sugarcane has increased almost exclusively by increasing crop biomass and stem juice yield rather than sugar concentration, perhaps because the concentration has been maximized at 62% of dry weight, or 25% of fresh weight (Moore and Maretzki, 1996; Jackson, 2005).”
Sugarcane biotechnology: The challenges and opportunities (2005, background): “whereas increasing sucrose content, at least where the levels are already relatively high such as Australia, has not occurred recently through conventional breeding (Jackson, 2005).”
Accelerating Genetic Gain in Sugarcane Breeding Using Genomic Selection (2020, result): “Similar results were reported from three small scale studies conducted in Australia where no significant differences for CCS could be found between older and new varieties [33].”