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EMS-Based In Vitro Mutagenesis and Mutant Screening for Smut Resistance with Agronomic Traits in Sugarcane

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Induced mutagenesis offers a useful method to improve desirable characters in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids). In this study, eleven Ethyl Methyl Sulfonate (EMS)-induced mutants of the Indian sugarcane cultivar CoC 671 were evaluated for smut disease resistance along with agronomic and quality traits viz. early maturity, high sucrose, high cane yield and for quality. PCR-based early detection assay for smut resistance was successfully adopted using the Internal Transcribed Spacer sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and the same was correlated with field-grown mutants exhibiting  resistance upon artificial smut pathogen inoculation. The smut resistant mutants were also found superior for juice and sugar quality parameters such as Brix %, Sucrose %, Purity % as well as Commercial Cane Sugar content at 10th and 12th month maturity. Mutants TC 2819 and TC 2826 exhibited superior for sucrose content (20–24%) than parent CoC 671 (18–21%), respectively, at 10th and 12th  month of maturity. The study highlights potential of EMS-induced genetic variability for the mutants with smut resistance and agronomic traits in sugarcane.

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Authors are thankful to the Director General, Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Pune, India for providing funding and facilities for carrying out the work. Authors are also thankful to faculty of Tissue Culture Section and Plant Pathology Section of VSI, for their technical help.

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  1. Tissue Culture Section, Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Manjari (BK), Pune, Maharashtra, India

    S. G. Dalvi

  2. Tissue Culture Section, Vasantdada Sugar Institute, Manjari (BK), Pune, Maharashtra, India

    P. N. Tawar

  3. Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    P. Suprasanna

  4. Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India

    G. B. Dixit

  5. College of Agriculture Biotechnology, Hassan, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    D. Theertha Prasad

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Dalvi, S.G., Tawar, P.N., Suprasanna, P. et al. EMS-Based In Vitro Mutagenesis and Mutant Screening for Smut Resistance with Agronomic Traits in Sugarcane. Sugar Tech 23, 854–864 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-020-00931-x

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