Strategies for developing core collections of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) germplasm - comparison of sampling from diversity groups constituted by three different methods

• Published in: Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter (eng) no. 134
• Main Authors: Balakrishnan, R. (Sugarcane Breeding Inst., Coimbatore (India)), Nair, N.V
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Rome (Italy) FAO/IPGRI 01.06.2003
• Subjects: BIODIVERSIDAD; BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITÉ; CANNE À SUCRE; CAÑA DE AZÚCAR; COLECCIONES DE MATERIAL GENÉTICO; COLLECTION DE MATÉRIEL GÉNÉTIQUE; GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCESAMIENTO DE INFORMACIÓN; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; SUGARCANE; TRAITEMENT DE L'INFORMATION

Quantitative and morphological data collected on a germplasm collection of 690 sugarcane accessions were used to obtain diversity groups based on 3 different methods. 1) The accessions were stratified into diversity groups on the basis of geographical origin of the accessions. 2) The base collection...