Genomic resources for energy cane breeding in the post genomics era

Author(s)

Diniz, Augusto L. ^[1] ; Ferreira, Savio S. ^[2] ; Ten-Caten, Felipe ^[1] ; Margarido, Gabriel R. A. ^[3] ; dos Santos, Joao M. ^[4] ; Barbosa, Geraldo V. de S. ^[4] ; Carneiro, Monalisa S. ^[5] ; Souza, Glaucia M. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Quim, Dept Bioquim, Av Prof Lineu Prestes 748, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bot, Rua Matao 277, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Genet, Escola Super Agr Luiz de Queiroz, Ave Padua Dias 11, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Alagoas, Ctr Ciencias Agr, Dept Fitotecnia & Fitossanidade, BR 104 Norte, Km 85, BR-57100000 Rio Largo, AL - Brazil

^[5] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Ctr Ciencias Agr, Dept Biotecnol & Prod Vegetal & Anim, Rodovia Anhanguera Km 174, BR-13600970 Araras, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Review article
• Source: COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL; v. 17, p. 1404-1414, 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Sugarcane is one of the most sustainable energy crops among cultivated crops presenting the highest tonnage of cultivated plants. Its high productivity of sugar, bioethanol and bioelectricity make it a promising green alternative to petroleum. Furthermore, the myriad of products that can be derived from sugarcane biomass has been driving breeding programs towards varieties with a higher yield of fiber and a more vigorous and sustainable performance: the energy cane. Here we provide an overview of the energy cane including plant description, breeding efforts, types, and end-uses. In addition, we describe recently published genomic resources for the development of this crop, discuss current knowledge of cell wall metabolism, bioinformatic tools and databases available for the community. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/50921-8 - Signaling and regulatory network studies associated to the energy cane
• Grantee: Glaucia Mendes Souza
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 16/06917-1 - Transcriptomic analysis and co-expression network construction in model systems for identification of genes involved in secondary cell wall deposition and lignin metabolism in grasses
• Grantee: Sávio de Siqueira Ferreira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 15/22993-7 - Transcriptomics for the identification of commercially important genes in sugarcane
• Grantee: Gabriel Rodrigues Alves Margarido
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 17/02270-6 - Evaluation of contrasting progenies transcriptome for the accumulation of biomass and identification of regulation networks
• Grantee: Augusto Lima Diniz
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral