Abstract
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.), a crop of great economic importance for Brazil and the world, has its productivity and production costs affected by weed infestations. The herbicide glyphosate and transgenic plants tolerant to it are widely used to control invasive plants. However, there are still no commercial sugarcane varieties tolerant to glyphosate. The enzyme EPSPS (5-enolpyruvylshikimat…