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ISSCT 9th Sugarcane Breeding and Germplasm Workshop.  Held at the Novotel Rockford Palm Cove, Cairns, Australia on 17-21 August, 2009.

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Monday, 17 August

Future opportunities for sugarcane biomass use. Dr Les A Edye.

Sugarcane crop improvement - an R&D investors' viewpoint. Dr Frikkie Botha.

FAPESP bioenergy program BIOEN: Research on the improvement of sugarcane, ethanol production, and its impacts.  Glaucia Mendes Souza.

Developing new varieties that combine high sugar content with high fibre content: future prospects for multi-purpose energy canes in the Caribbean.  Anthony Kennedy.

Energy cane breeding and selection in Louisiana - a progress report.  Thomas Tew, et al.

Breeding sugarcane for sugar plus energy production. Phillip Jackson, et al.

Characterization of Saccharum spp. L. Cell-wall composition at different stages of leaf senescence. Hugo Bruno C. Molinari, et al.

BSES-CSIRO joint venture variety improvement program: 1. Overview and structure. Mike Cox, et al.

Sugarcane improvement in South Africa: Molecular and in vitro technologies as adjuncts to conventional breeding. Derek Watt, et al.

Multi-site selection in Reunion island: first results. Audrey Thong-Chane and Laurent Barau.

BSES-CSIRO joint venture variety improvement program: 2. Breeding objectives: concept, construction, and implementation. Xianming Wei, et al.

Tuesday, 18 August

Application of DArT technology and associated informatics to sugarcane crop improvement. Dr Andrzej Kilian.

Comparative mapping of a sugarcane genetic map to the sorghum genome. Karen Aitken, et al.

Genetic variability among sugarcane genotypes estimated by target region amplification polymorphism. Silvana Creste, et al.

DNA profiling and genetic diversity of sugarcane germplasms by SSR loci. Liping Xu, et al.

Characterisation of the Bru1 (brown rust resistance) locus; distribution in sugarcane cultivars.  Angelique D'Hont.

Identification of microsatellite markers associated with brown rust resistance in a sugarcane bi-parental cross. Luciana Rossini Pinto, et al.

Towards marker assisted breeding of sugarcane in Australia - progress, lessons, challenges, and prospects. Phillip Jackson, et al.

Molecular cloning and characterisation of cytosolic malate dehydrogenase gene SC cyMDH from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L). Jingsheng Xu, et al.

A tool for designing crosses for sugarcane improvement in CENICANA. Jorge I. Victoria, et al.

BSES-CSIRO joint venture variety improvement program: 3. The role of foreign varieties in the Australian sugarcane industry. George Piperidis, et al.

Thursday, 20 August

Assessment of genetic variation in water use efficiency and resistance to water stress in sugarcane. Jaya Basnayake, et al.

Six years of tropical, managed flower initiation in Ecuador. Raul O. Castillo, et al.

Effects of modifications in the glasshouse on flowering and crossing efficiency. Tracy Martiz and Roy C. Parfitt.

Phenology of sugarcane and Erianthus arundinaceus and development of a technique to control flowering time of E. arundinaceus in Ishigaki Island, Japan. Shuichiro Tagane, et al.

Breeding for high phosphorus use efficiency in sugarcane. Jiangxiong Liao, et al.

An evaluation of new designs for the first clonal stage of selection of MSIRI sugar cane development program. K. Ramdoyal, et al.

Quantitative genetic analysis of progeny tests to improve selection and genetic gains in sugarcane breeding programs.  Serge J. Edme.

BSES-CSIRO joint venture variety improvement program: 4. Methods of analysis for family and parent data. F.C. Atkin, J.K. Stringer, and M.J. Dieters.

BSES-CSIRO joint venture variety improvement program: 5. Optimal experimental design and analysis for sugarcane clonal trials. J.K. Stringer, et al.

50 years of sugarcane germplasm enhancement - roadblocks, hurdles, and success. Anna L. Hale, et al.

Morphological and genetic evaluation of Thai Erianthus collection. Shuichiro Tagane, et al.

Chromosome genetic analysis for the hybrid progenies of S. officinarum L. and Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet. Yanquan Lin and Zuhu Deng.

Friday, 21 August

Resistance to orange rust and yellow spot in the Australian sugarcane germplasm. R.C. Magarey and J.D. Bull.

Identification of high-sucrose parental materials for early harvesting in Ecuador. Edison Silva, et al.

Assessing colour and pith: fibre ratio of sugarcane varieties in the SASRI selection program. R.C. Parfitt.

BSES-CSIRO joint venture variety improvement program: 6. Integrated data management solutions. P.J. Lethbridge and M.C. Cox.

Comparative analysis of commercial productivity of new and older sugarcane varieties in Mauritius. K. Ramdoyal, et al.

Progress from breeding and variety selection programs in Argentina. Ricardo F. de Ulivarri, et al.

Overview of sugarcane breeding in mainland China. Jian-wen Chen, et al.

Pedigree analysis of sugarcane varieties in mainland China. Yongwen Qi, et al.

QCaneSelect: A web-based variety management and information resource for the Australian sugarcane industry. B. Croft, et al.

The importance of understanding the sexual reproduction of sugarcane in commercial fields for the development of genetically modified (GM) sugarcane. J.J. Olivares-Villegas, et al.