Improvement in the intrinsic water use efficiency of sugarcane by intergeneric hybridization with Erianthus arundinaceus
This study highlights <i>Erianthus</i>'s potential in improving leaf characteristics to enhance sugarcane drought tolerance because the hybrids demonstrated "best of both worlds" scenario, where they inherited high <i>iWUE</i> from <i>Erianthus</i> with favorable biomass partitioning characteristics from sugarcane.
Authors
- Yoshifumi Terajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3201-3183)
- Ken Okamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4893-0034)
- Hiroo Takaragawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-1078)
Institutions
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Published
- 2025-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1649112
- Primary Topic
- Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences