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Nuclear and cytoplasmic contributions from Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet in a sugarcane hybrid clone confirmed through genomic in situ hybridization and cytoplasmic DNA polymorphism

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A hybrid between Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet and Saccharum spontaneum L. which are wild related species of sugarcane (Saccharum L., Family Poaceae), was repeatedly crossed as female parent with sugarcane commercial varieties to develop near commercial sugarcane clones. The cytoplasm type of the hybrid derivatives were confirmed to be of E. arundinaceus through the mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA polymorphism of nad 4/3-4 intron segment and psbC–trnS segment, respectively. The E. arundinaceus × S. spontaneum hybrid with somatic chromosome number 2n = 62 was confirmed to have 30 chromosomes from E. arundinaceus through genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). The (E. arundinaceus × S. spontaneum) × sugarcane hybrid (2n = 118) had 24 chromosomes from E. arundinaceus whereas its next generation hybrid with sugarcane (2n = 108) had only 12 Erianthus chromosomes. The commercial sugarcane hybrid Co 15015, which is the third generation hybrid with 2n = 106 was confirmed to have two E. arundinaceus chromosomes through GISH. It is the first report of sugarcane with both alien cytoplasm and chromosome contributions from E. arundinaceus.

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The authors are grateful to Director, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute for his constant encouragement during the course of this study. We are also grateful to Genetic Transformation Laboratory, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute for providing all the lab facilities. Technical support given by Ms. A. K. Remadevi is greatly acknowledged.

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    Maya Lekshmi, Adhini S. Pazhany, V. P. Sobhakumari & Mylottazhikam N. Premachandran

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Lekshmi, M., Pazhany, A.S., Sobhakumari, V.P. et al. Nuclear and cytoplasmic contributions from Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet in a sugarcane hybrid clone confirmed through genomic in situ hybridization and cytoplasmic DNA polymorphism. Genet Resour Crop Evol 64, 1553–1560 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-016-0453-5

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