A Review of Recent Molecular Genetics Evidence for Sugarcane Evolution and Domestication

Grivet, Laurent; Daniels, Camille; Glaszmann, Jean-Christophe; D’Hont, Angélique

doi:10.17348/era.2.0.9-17

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“…In addition, in recent times, it has gained attraction due to its potential for green fuel (ethanol) production, and now much of the sugarcane in countries like Brazil and United States is being used for ethanol production (Sanghera et al 2015). Grivet et al (2004) classified the sugarcane genetic resources into three groups: (1) traditional cultivars, (2) wild relatives, and (3) modern cultivars. Traditional cultivars are the ones that descend from primary domesticates and comprise of Saccharum officinarum, S. barberi, S. sinense and S. edule.…”

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Identification of marker-trait associations for morphological descriptors and yield component traits in sugarcane

Siraree

Banerjee

Khan

et al. 2016

Physiol Mol Biol Plants

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Ninety two sugarcane varieties from sub-tropical India were subjected to molecular profiling with 174 simple sequence repeat markers and characterized for 23 qualitative (morphological descriptors) and nine quantitative traits that directly or indirectly contribute to yield and juice quality. Using STRUCTURE-based population stratification study and a mixed linear model for marker-trait association (MTA) analysis, a total of 60 MTAs were identified for 22 qualitative traits that were able to explain a significantly higher (up to 40%) proportion of the phenotypic variations compared to all the previous reports of MTA studies in sugarcane. In addition, 21 MTAs stable over the three years of study were also identified for nine quantitative traits that explained 16-37% of the total trait variation. It could be concluded that the qualitative traits that are governed mostly by one or a few genes are more responsive to MTA studies and hence have a better potential to be adopted in marker-assisted breeding programmes in sugarcane. The MTAs identified in this study could also find significant applications in upcoming more stringent IP regime, which may necessitate tracking of specific alleles integrated in breeding programmes.

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Identification of marker-trait associations for morphological descriptors and yield component traits in sugarcane

Siraree

Banerjee

Khan

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Physiol Mol Biol Plants

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“…Two of them (S. spontaneum and S. robustum) are wild and always recognized; the remaining four (S. barberi, S. edule, S. officinarum, and S. sinense) are cultivated forms and have been accorded the status of species, but because they do not survive in the wild, there is an increasing trend to consider these as cultigens (Irvine 1999;Grivet et al 2004Grivet et al , 2006. The identification and delineation of those species grouped as sugarcane have been complicated by hybridizations, both natural and manmade, among themselves and with related species.…”

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Sugarcane: The Crop, the Plant, and Domestication

Moore

Paterson

Tew

2013

Sugarcane: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Functional Biology

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Sugarcane, a significant component of the economy of many countries in the tropics and subtropics, is a large, tropical grass that stores sucrose in its stem and serves as an important food and bioenergy crop. It has long been recognized as one of the world's most efficient crops in converting solar energy into chemical energy harvestable as sucrose and biomass. Current taxonomy divides sugarcane into six species, two of which are wild and always recognized (Saccharum spontaneum L. and Saccharum robustum Brandes and Jewiet ex Grassl). The other species are cultivated and classified variously. Of the four domesticated species of sugarcane, S. officinarum L. was the first named and is the primary species for production of sugar. Recent genomic data for evaluating genetic diversity within Saccharum suggest relationships among accessions that may ultimately produce a definitive classification for the group. Cultivated sugarcanes of today are complex interspecific hybrids primarily between Saccharum officinarum, known as the noble cane, and Saccharum spontaneum, with contributions from S. robustum, S. sinense, S. barberi, and related grass genera such as Miscanthus, Narenga, and Erianthus. Understanding the source and range of diversity of sugarcane species and cultivars can enable breeders in the development of new varieties improved for high productivity with low inputs and wide adaptation to varied environments.

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“…The elegant work on sugarcane reported by Grivet et al (2004) shows that GISH can be used successfully on species with large numbers of small chromosomes. It may thus be possible to use GISH to investigate the origins of such Pacific cultigens as yam (Dioscorea alata, 2n = 3x -8x = 30 -80) and kava (Piper methysticum, 2n = 10x = 130), as well as to resolve the much-debated question of the ancestry of the sweet potato (2n = 6x = 90).…”

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Crops and Cultures in the Pacific: New data and new techniques for the investigation of old questions

Pickersgill¹

2004

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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Fifty years ago Carl Sauer suggested, controversially and on the basis of theory rather than evidence, that Southeast Asia was the source area for agriculture throughout the Old World, including the Pacific. Since then, the archaeobotanical record (macroscopic and microscopic) from the Pacific islands has increased, leading to suggestions, also still controversial, that Melanesia was a center of origin of agriculture independent of South-east Asia, based on tree fruits and nuts and vegetatively propagated starchy staples. Such crops generally lack morphological markers of domestication, so exploitation, cultivation and domestication cannot easily be distinguished in the archaeological record. Molecular studies involving techniques such as chromosome painting, DNA fingerprinting and DNA sequencing, can potentially complement the archaeological record by suggesting where species which were spread through the Pacific by man originated and by what routes they attained their present distributions. A combination of archaeobotanical and molecular studies should therefore eventually enable the rival claims of Melanesia versus South-east Asia as independent centers of invention of agriculture to be assessed.

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A Review of Recent Molecular Genetics Evidence for Sugarcane Evolution and Domestication

Cited by 98 publications

References 18 publications

Identification of marker-trait associations for morphological descriptors and yield component traits in sugarcane

Identification of marker-trait associations for morphological descriptors and yield component traits in sugarcane

Sugarcane: The Crop, the Plant, and Domestication

Crops and Cultures in the Pacific: New data and new techniques for the investigation of old questions

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