Hermann Paulo Hoffmann

TL;DR: This review intends to provide information on non-GM sugarcane biology, genetics, breeding, agronomic management, processing, products and byproducts, as well as the current technologies used to develop GM sugarcanes, with the aim of assisting regulators in the decision-making process regarding the commercial release of GM Sugarcane cultivars.

TL;DR: It is expected that both the transgenic and the marker-assisted route for Sugarcane improvement will contribute to increased sugar, stress tolerance, and higher yield and that the industry for years to come will be able to rely on sugarcane as the most productive energy crop.

TL;DR: This study is the first to report the use of GBS for large-scale variant discovery and genotyping of a mapping population in sugarcane, providing several insights regarding theUse of NGS data in a polyploid, non-model species.

TL;DR: Genetic diversity analysis showed that, in general, the clustering of accessions within the subpopulations was in accordance with the pedigree information, and GWAS performed through a multilocus mixed model revealed 23 MTAs, which may be validated in other populations to support sugarcane breeding programs with introgression of favorable alleles and marker-assisted selection.

TL;DR: A review of the current situation with sugarcane breeding in Brazil and the main advances that have allowed the country to maintain world leadership in developing the industry is presented in this article.