Success is sweet: Researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 10:50
in Biology & Nature
For centuries, sugarcane has supplied human societies with alcohol, biofuel, building and weaving materials, and the world's most relied-upon source of sugar. Now, researchers have extracted a sweet scientific prize from sugarcane: its massive and complex genome sequence, which may lead to the development of hardier and more productive cultivars.