Common name: Sugarcane
Scientific name: Saccharum_spp-R570
Chinese name: 栽培种甘蔗R570
Taxonomy
Angiosperms/Monocotyledoneae/Gramineae/Saccharum/Saccharum_spp-R570
Overview
The distribution of sugarcane is mainly between 33 ° N and 30 ° S, and between 25 ° N and 25 ° N, the area is relatively concentrated. Sugarcaneis native to India and now widely grown in the tropics and subtropics. Brazil is the country with the largest area under sugarcane cultivation, followed by India, with China third and Cuba, Thailand, Mexico, Australia and the United States third.
Sugarcane is the main raw material of sugar making in China. In the world total sugar production, sucrose accounted for about 65% , China accounted for more than 80% . Sugar is one of the essential edible articles for human beings, and it is also an important raw material for the food industry such as candy and beverage. At the same time, sugarcane is an important raw material for light industry, chemical industry and energy. Therefore, the development of sugar cane production, to improve people's lives, promote the development of agriculture and related industries, and even to the development of the national economy as a whole have an important position and role.
Genomic information
Choromsome number : 2n=8X=80
Protein coding genes : 25316
Genes assembled on chromosomes : 24341
Total genome size(Mb) : 531
Mapped sequence size(Mb) : 531
Number of scaffolds : 4535
Data sources
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