BACKGROUND Both sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) are members of the Andropogoneae tribe in the Poaceae and are each other's closest relatives amongst cultivated plants. Both are relatively recent domesticates and comparatively little of the genetic potential of these taxa and their wild relatives has been captured by breeding programmes to date. This review assess...

Expansins refer to a family of closely related non-enzymatic proteins found in the plant cell wall that are involved in the cell wall loosening. In addition, expansins appear to be involved in different physiological and environmental responses in plants such as leaf and stem initiation and growth, stomata opening and closing, reproduction, ripening and stress tolerance. Sugarcane (Saccharum sp...

Sugarcane smut is a fungal disease caused by Sporisorium scitamineum, which can cause severe economic losses in sugarcane industry. The infection depends on the mating of bipolar sporida to form a dikaryon and develops into hyphae to penetrate the meristematic tissue of sugarcane. In this study, we set to isolate bacterial strains capable of blocking the fungal mating and evaluate their potenti...

Most areas planted with sugarcane are located in southern China. However, remote sensing of sugarcane has been limited because useable remote sensing data are limited due to the cloudy climate of this region during the growing season and severe spectral mixing with other crops. In this study, we developed a methodology for automatically mapping sugarcane over large areas using time-series middl...

In today’s world, many researchers use either industrial or agricultural waste product of invaluable value as a source cementinous material in the construction industry. Waste reduction is priority when recycling and from society. Sugarcane bagasse (SCBA) fibrous sugar this experimental study, ash has been physically chemically characterized partially replaced with cement, which OPC, proportion...

Bio-based and biodegradable plastics promise considerable reductions in our dependency on fossil fuels the environmental impacts of plastic waste. This study quantifies economic consequences diverting municipal food waste wastewater sewage sludge from traditional management to biorefinery-based production polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) five geographical regions. The results show that PHA can outpe...

difficult to maintain desired water tables after normal rainfalls. Sugarcane (interspecific hybrids of Saccharum spp.) in the EverA second factor that has complicated EAA drainage glades Agricultural Area (EAA) in Florida is frequently subjected to periods of higher-than-desired water levels. This study was conis the need to decrease P discharge to the Everglades. ducted to evaluate yields of n...

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in south Florida is often subjected to flooding due to intense summer rainfall or tropical storms. While there has been considerable research on the response of sugarcane cultivars to high water tables, there is a lack of information on cultivar morphological adaptation to long-term flooding. An experiment was established in Belle Glade, FL to examine: (i) effects of ...

Unraveling nutrient imbalances in contemporary agriculture is a research priority to improve whenever possible yield and nutrient use efficiency in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) systems while minimizing the costs of cultivation (e.g., use of fertilizers) and environmental concerns. The main goal of this study was therefore to investigate biomass and nutrient [nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and pota...