The complex polyploid genome architecture of sugarcane

Abstract Sugarcane, the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, has shaped global history, trade and geopolitics, and is currently responsible for 80% of sugar production worldwide 1 . While traditional sugarcane breeding methods have effectively generated cultivars adapted to new environments and pathogens, sugar yield improvements have recently plateaued 2 . The cessation of yield gains may be due to limited genetic diversity within breeding populations, long breeding cycles and the complexity of its genome, the latter preventing breeders from taking advantage of the recent explosion of whole-genome sequencing that has benefited many other crops. Thus, modern sugarcane hybrids are the last remaining major…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Energy

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• JG
  Joint Genome Institute

  Awards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, 10.46936, AC02-05CH11231
• CD
  Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
• OO
  Office of Science

  Awards: AC02-05CH11231, -AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02
• ER
  European Regional Development Fund

  Awards: 02.1.01/0.0/0.0, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000827, CZ.02, CZ.02.1.01, DE-AC02-05CH11231, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/, 02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000827, /16_019, /0000827
• LB
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Awards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231