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Plant Mol Biol 43:179–188
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using microwave heating. Biores Technol 146:324–329. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2013.07.079
Lakshmanan P, Geijskes RJ, Aitken KS, Grof CLP, Bonnett GD, Smith GR (2005) Sugarcane
biotechnology: the challenges and opportunities. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Plant 41:345–363.
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Plastid transformation in the monocotyledonous cereal crop, rice (Oryza sativa) and
transmission of transgenes to their progeny. Mol Cells 21:401–410
Lichtenthaler FW, Peters S (2004) Carbohydrates as green raw materials for the chemical
industry. C R Chimie 7:65–90. doi:10.1016/j.crci.2004.02.002
Manickavasagam M, Ganapathi A, Anbazhagan VR, Sudhakar B, Selvaraj N, Vasudevan A,
Kasthurirengan S (2004) Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and development of
herbicide-resistant sugarcane (Saccharum species hybrids) using axillary buds. Plant Cell Rep
23:134–143
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environmental and social challenges. Ecol Appl 18:885–898
Mayavan S, Subramanyam K, Arun M, Rajesh M, Kapil DG, Sivanandhan G, Jaganath B,
Manickavasagam M, Selvaraj N, Ganapathi A (2013) Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated in
planta seed transformation strategy in sugarcane 32:1557–1574
McQualter RB, Chong BF, Meyer K, van Dyk DE, O’Shea MG, Walton NJ, Viitanen PV,
Brumbley SM (2005a) Initial evaluation of sugarcane as a production platform for
p-hydroxybenzoic acid. Plant Biotechnol J 3:29–41. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00095.x
McQualter RB, Chong BF, Meyer K, van Dyk DE, O’Shea MG, Walton NJ, Viitanen PV,
Brumbley SM (2005b) Development of sugarcane as a biofactory for biopolymers. In:
Proceedings of the plant and animal genomes xiii conference. San Diego, CA. Jan 2005.
(http://www.intl-pag.org/13/abstracts/PAG13_W162.html)
Ming R, Moore PH, Wu KK, D’Hont A, Glaszmann JC, Tew TL, Mirkov TE, da Silva J, Jifon J,
Rai M, Schnell RJ, Brumbley SM, Lakshmanan P, Comstock JC, Paterson AH (2006)
Sugarcane improvement through breeding and biotechnology. In: Janick J (ed) Plant breeding
reviews, vol 27. Wiley, New Jersey, pp 15–118
Miranda EE (2010) Environmental (local and global) impact and energy issues on sugarcane
expansion and land occupation in the São Paulo state. In: Cortez LAB (ed) Sugarcane
bioethanol: R&D for productivity and sustainability, Blucher, São Paulo, pp 41–52
Molinari HBC, Marur CJ, Daros E, Campos MKF, Carvalho JFRP, Bespalhok-Filho JC, Pereira LFP,
Vieira LGE (2007) Evaluation of the stress-inducible production of proline in transgenic
sugarcane (Saccharum spp): osmotic adjustment, chlorophyll fluorescence and oxidative stress.
Physiol Plant 130:218–229. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00909.x
Moore PH (2009) Sugarcane biology, yield, and potential for improvement. In: Proceedings of
the workshop BIOEN on sugarcane improvement, São Paulo, Brazil. March 2009 (http://
www.fapesp.br/pdf/bioen1803/Bioen_Moore.pdf)
Mudge SR, Basnayake SW, Moyle RL, Osabe K, Graham MW, Morgan TE, Birch RG (2013)
Mature-stem expression of a silencing-resistant sucrose isomerase gene drives isomaltulose
accumulation to high levels in sugarcane. Plant Biotechnol J 11:502–509. doi:10.1111/pbi.
12038
Nielsen L (2005) Development of a novel commodity polymer from sugarcane. AIBN Annual
Report 2005, pp 12–13 (http://www.aibn.uq.edu.au/Download/AnnRep/Sugarcane.pdf)
O’Neill BP (2011) Carbon mobilisation and utilisation in the sugarcane biofactory. PhD Thesis.
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. p 108 (http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/
view/UQ:255087)
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