LIU Jia-yong
Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic ImprovementDENG Zu-hu
National Engineering Research Center for Sugarcane, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityWU Cai-wen
Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic ImprovementTAO Lian-an
Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic ImprovementLU Xin
Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic ImprovementZHAO Pei-fang
Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic ImprovementZHANG Yue-bin
Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement1 Sugarcane Research Institute,Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement,Kaiyuan 661699;2 National Engineering Research Center for Sugarcane, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,Fuzhou 350002
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31960448),Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-170101),Oversea top talents projects (YNQR-GDWG-2018-015),Yunnan joint foundation for Agricultural basic research (2018FG001-067)
The significant advance on crop breeding largely relies on exploration and utilization of excellent germplasm resources. Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is the major sugar crop in the world, but for a long time limited progress in sugarcane breeding has been made. Saccharum Spontaneum L. is a wild species in Saccharum L, and this species as the most successful example has been used in sugarcane breeding. Optimal use of this wild species Saccharum Spontaneum L. in sugarcane breeding is of interest to overcome this limitation. In this review, we summarized the progress on the genetic diversity analysis and innovative utilization of Saccharum Spontaneum L, analyzed the limitations restricting its innovative utilization, and ultimately raised prospective for future innovation and utilization in sugarcane breeding.