Sugarcane Challenges: From Germplasm to Biotechnology

Dear Colleagues,

There is a growing demand to increase productivity and engage more sustainable pratices in agriculture. Climate change poses an urgent need for plant scientists to deliver new solutions at a faster pace. Sugarcane, a crop with a pivotal role in providing food and energy, poses several challenges for breeders due to its polyploid nature. Similarly, biotechnology applications for sugarcane improvement are a must. This Special Issue aims to gather original research that will offer new insights from breeding strategies to new genes and biotechnological approaches that can lead to improved sugarcane cultivars.

The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Application of artificial intelligence in sugarcane improvement;
• Challenges for biofuels production;
• New breeding methods and gene pyramiding;
• Gene discovery for biotic and abiotic stress;
• Gene editing tools and biotechnology;
• Genome-wide association studies and molecular markers;
• Improving resource use efficiency;
• Innovative strategies for sustainable sugarcane production;
• Morpho-Physio- Biochemical characters for abiotic stress tolerance traits;
• Strategies in developing climate smart sugarcane;
• Use of wild genetic resources for sugarcane improvement;
• Application of molecular cytogenetics to traits introgression;
• Sugarcane pests and their management;
• Role and application of Omic tools for crop improvement;
• Biotic and abiotic stress management in sugarcane through nanotechnological approaches.

Prof. Dr. Marcelo Menossi
Guest Editor

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