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Genetic diversity and relationships in native Hawaiian Saccharum officinarum sugarcane.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Schenck S, Crepeau M W, Wu K K, Moore P H, Yu Q, Ming R
Abstract excerpt
Commercial sugarcane hybrid cultivars currently in production are high-yielding, disease-resistant, millable canes and are the result of years of breeding work. In Hawaii, these commercial hybrids are quite distinct from many Saccharum officinarum canes still in existence that were brought to the islands and cultivated by the native Polynesians. The actual genetic relationships among the native canes and the...
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