O’Neill BP, Purnell MP, Anderson DJ, Nielsen LK, Brumbley SM (2012a) Sucrose mobilisation
in sugarcane stalk induced by heterotrophic axillary bud growth. Trop Plant Biol 5:173–182
O’Neill BP, Purnell MP, Nielsen LK, Brumbley SM (2012b) RNAi-mediated abrogation of
trehalase expression does not affect trehalase activity in sugarcane. Springer Plus 1:74. doi:10.
1186/2193-1801-1-74
OGTR (2011) The biology of Saccharum spp (sugarcane). Office of the gene technology
regulator, Department of health and ageing, Australian government (http://www.ogtr.gov.au/
internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/content/sugarcane-3/$FILE/biologysugarcane11.pdf)
Papini-Terzi FS, Rocha FR, Vêncio RZN, Felix JM, Branco DS, Waclawovsky A J, Del Bem LEV,
Lembke CG, Costa MDL, Nishiyama MYJr, Vicentini R, Vincentz MGA, Ulian EC, Menossi
M, Souza GM (2009) Sugarcane genes associated with sucrose content. BMC Genomics
10:120. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-120
Paterson AH, Moore PH, Tew TL (2013) The gene pool of Saccharum species and their
improvement. In: Paterson AH (ed) Genomics of the Saccharinae. Plant genetics and
genomics: crops and models, vol 11. Springer, pp 43–71. doi:101.1007/978-1-4419-5947-8_3
Petrasovits LA, Zhao L, McQualter RB, Snell KD, Somleva MN, Patterson NA, Nielsen LK,
Brumbley SM (2012) Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate production in transgenic sugarcane.
Plant Biotechnol J 10:569–578. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00686.x
Purnell MP, Petrasovits LA, Nielsen LK, Brumbley SM (2007) Spatio-temporal characterization
of polyhydroxybutyrate accumulation in sugarcane. Plant Biotechnol J 5:173–184. doi:10.
1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00230.x
Ravaud S, Robert X, Watzlawick H, Haser R, Mattes R, Aghajari N (2007) Trehalulose synthase
native and carbohydrate complexed structures provide insights into sucrose isomerization.
J Biol Chem 282:28126–28136. doi:10.1074/jbc.M704515200
Rayburn AL, Crawford J, Rayburn CM, Juvik JA (2009) Genome size of three Miscanthus
species. Plant Mol Biol Rep 27:184–188. doi:10.1007/s11105-008-0070-3
Reina-Bueno M, Argandoña M, Nieto JJ, Hidalgo-García A, Iglesias-Guerra F, Delgado MJ,
Vargas C (2012) Role of trehalose in heat and desiccation tolerance in the soil bacterium
Rhizobium etli. BMC Microbiol 12:207. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-12-207
Rigano MM, De Guzman G, Walmsley AM, Frusciante L, Barone A (2013) Production of
pharmaceutical proteins in Solanaceae food crops. Int J Mol Sci 14:2753–2773. doi:10.3390/
ijms14022753
Ruf S, Karcher D, Bock R (2007) Determining the transgene containment level provided by
chloroplast transformation. PNAS 104:6998–7002. doi:10.1073/pnas.0700008104
Sandhu SK, Thind KS, Singh P (2012) Variability trends for brix content in general cross
combinations of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) complex. World J Agric Sci 8:113–117
Scortecci KC, Creste S, Calsa TJr, Xavier MA, Landell MGA, Figueira A, Benedito VA (2012)
Challenges, opportunities and recent advances in sugarcane breeding. In: Abdurakhmonov I
(ed) Plant breeding. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp 267–296
Siebert M, Sommer S, Li S, Wang Z, Severin K, Heide L (1996) Genetic engineering of plant
secondary metabolism. Accumulation of 4-hydroxybenzoate glucosides as a result of the
expression of the bacterial ubiC gene in tobacco. Plant Physiol 112:811–819. doi:10.1104/pp.
112.2.811
Snyman SJ, Meyer GM, Richards JM, Haricharan N, Ramgareeb S, Huckett BI (2006) Refining
the application of direct embryogenesis in sugarcane: effect of the developmental phase of
leaf disc explants and the timing of DNA transfer on transformation efficiency. Plant Cell Rep
25:1016–1023. doi:10.1007/s00299-006-0148-z
Sobral BWS, Braga DPV, LaHood ES, Keim P (1994) Phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast
restriction enzyme site mutations in the Saccharinae griseb, subtribe of the Andropogoneae
dumort tribe. Theor Appl Genet 87:843–853
Sreenivasan TV, Ahloowalia BS, Heinz DJ (1987) Cytogenetics. In: Heinz DJ (ed) Sugarcane
improvement through breeding. Elsevier, New York, pp 211–253
Seinbüchel A (2003) General aspects and special applications. Biopolymers, vol 10. Wiley,
Weinheim, p 516
148
F. C. Gómez-Merino et al.
in sugarcane stalk induced by heterotrophic axillary bud growth. Trop Plant Biol 5:173–182
O’Neill BP, Purnell MP, Nielsen LK, Brumbley SM (2012b) RNAi-mediated abrogation of
trehalase expression does not affect trehalase activity in sugarcane. Springer Plus 1:74. doi:10.
1186/2193-1801-1-74
OGTR (2011) The biology of Saccharum spp (sugarcane). Office of the gene technology
regulator, Department of health and ageing, Australian government (http://www.ogtr.gov.au/
internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/content/sugarcane-3/$FILE/biologysugarcane11.pdf)
Papini-Terzi FS, Rocha FR, Vêncio RZN, Felix JM, Branco DS, Waclawovsky A J, Del Bem LEV,
Lembke CG, Costa MDL, Nishiyama MYJr, Vicentini R, Vincentz MGA, Ulian EC, Menossi
M, Souza GM (2009) Sugarcane genes associated with sucrose content. BMC Genomics
10:120. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-120
Paterson AH, Moore PH, Tew TL (2013) The gene pool of Saccharum species and their
improvement. In: Paterson AH (ed) Genomics of the Saccharinae. Plant genetics and
genomics: crops and models, vol 11. Springer, pp 43–71. doi:101.1007/978-1-4419-5947-8_3
Petrasovits LA, Zhao L, McQualter RB, Snell KD, Somleva MN, Patterson NA, Nielsen LK,
Brumbley SM (2012) Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate production in transgenic sugarcane.
Plant Biotechnol J 10:569–578. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00686.x
Purnell MP, Petrasovits LA, Nielsen LK, Brumbley SM (2007) Spatio-temporal characterization
of polyhydroxybutyrate accumulation in sugarcane. Plant Biotechnol J 5:173–184. doi:10.
1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00230.x
Ravaud S, Robert X, Watzlawick H, Haser R, Mattes R, Aghajari N (2007) Trehalulose synthase
native and carbohydrate complexed structures provide insights into sucrose isomerization.
J Biol Chem 282:28126–28136. doi:10.1074/jbc.M704515200
Rayburn AL, Crawford J, Rayburn CM, Juvik JA (2009) Genome size of three Miscanthus
species. Plant Mol Biol Rep 27:184–188. doi:10.1007/s11105-008-0070-3
Reina-Bueno M, Argandoña M, Nieto JJ, Hidalgo-García A, Iglesias-Guerra F, Delgado MJ,
Vargas C (2012) Role of trehalose in heat and desiccation tolerance in the soil bacterium
Rhizobium etli. BMC Microbiol 12:207. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-12-207
Rigano MM, De Guzman G, Walmsley AM, Frusciante L, Barone A (2013) Production of
pharmaceutical proteins in Solanaceae food crops. Int J Mol Sci 14:2753–2773. doi:10.3390/
ijms14022753
Ruf S, Karcher D, Bock R (2007) Determining the transgene containment level provided by
chloroplast transformation. PNAS 104:6998–7002. doi:10.1073/pnas.0700008104
Sandhu SK, Thind KS, Singh P (2012) Variability trends for brix content in general cross
combinations of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) complex. World J Agric Sci 8:113–117
Scortecci KC, Creste S, Calsa TJr, Xavier MA, Landell MGA, Figueira A, Benedito VA (2012)
Challenges, opportunities and recent advances in sugarcane breeding. In: Abdurakhmonov I
(ed) Plant breeding. InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, pp 267–296
Siebert M, Sommer S, Li S, Wang Z, Severin K, Heide L (1996) Genetic engineering of plant
secondary metabolism. Accumulation of 4-hydroxybenzoate glucosides as a result of the
expression of the bacterial ubiC gene in tobacco. Plant Physiol 112:811–819. doi:10.1104/pp.
112.2.811
Snyman SJ, Meyer GM, Richards JM, Haricharan N, Ramgareeb S, Huckett BI (2006) Refining
the application of direct embryogenesis in sugarcane: effect of the developmental phase of
leaf disc explants and the timing of DNA transfer on transformation efficiency. Plant Cell Rep
25:1016–1023. doi:10.1007/s00299-006-0148-z
Sobral BWS, Braga DPV, LaHood ES, Keim P (1994) Phylogenetic analysis of chloroplast
restriction enzyme site mutations in the Saccharinae griseb, subtribe of the Andropogoneae
dumort tribe. Theor Appl Genet 87:843–853
Sreenivasan TV, Ahloowalia BS, Heinz DJ (1987) Cytogenetics. In: Heinz DJ (ed) Sugarcane
improvement through breeding. Elsevier, New York, pp 211–253
Seinbüchel A (2003) General aspects and special applications. Biopolymers, vol 10. Wiley,
Weinheim, p 516
148
F. C. Gómez-Merino et al.