Computational ModelsGrowth & Development A more realistic model of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane Detailed kinetic modelling of sucrose translocation and metabolism captures the spatio-temporal evolution of the advection-diffusion-reaction system. Rachel ShekarApril 30, 2021
Taxonomy & Evolution A sweet story: modern sugarcanes originate from three ancestral genomes New study identifies hybridisation and backcrossing events to have led to the modern sugarcane cultivars. Juniper KissMarch 2, 2021
ArticlesFeatured Plant Records: The ever thirsty sugarcane You might like a drink at Christmas, but Jenna Loiseau finds that sugarcane is REALLY thirsty. Guest AuthorDecember 22, 2017
AoB PLANTS Provision of nitrogen as ammonium rather than nitrate increases silicon uptake in sugarcane Silicon (Si) is important in mitigating abiotic and biotic plant stresses, yet many agricultural soils, such as those of the rainfed production areas of the South African sugar industry, are deficient in plant-available... AoBPLANTSFebruary 2, 2015
Plant Cuttings Want to save €320 billion a year? N-Fix exploits the ability of a specific strain of N-fixing bacteria found in sugar-cane, that can colonise cells of all major crop plants. Nigel ChaffeyOctober 10, 2013