Abstract
Sugarcane plantation bears a high economic importance, due to sugar and ethanol production, and Brazil is world's major producer of sugarcane. Modern sugarcane cultivars are interspecific hybrids (Saccharum officinarum x S. spontaneum), with polyploid and aneuploid genomes, making it difficult to construct genetic maps and to detect QTLs (Quantitative Trait Loci). The knowledge of the var…