Dandan Huang¹ , Kaiwen Liang²

1 Hainan Institute of Biotechnology, Haikou, 570206, Hainan, China
2 Comprehensive Utilization Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Sanya, 572000, Hainan, China
Author    Correspondence author
Field Crop, 2025, Vol. 8, No. 3   
Received: 03 Mar., 2025    Accepted: 14 Apr., 2025    Published: 02 May, 2025

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This study takes fresh sugarcane as the object, comprehensively reviews the research progress in recent years in the aspects of flavor quality evaluation and improvement, disease resistance gene mining and utilization, market adaptability evaluation system construction, and multi-target breeding strategies, and analyzes its flavor, disease resistance and adaptability characteristics through typical excellent varieties. The results show that the flavor of fresh sugarcane is determined by high sugar content (mainly sucrose, fructose and glucose in sugarcane juice) and a variety of aromatic volatiles. Sensory evaluation can be combined with quantitative descriptive analysis and consumer preference testing for improvement and selection; key QTLs and genes affecting disease resistance have been identified through molecular markers and multi-omics methods, providing tools for genetic improvement; a comprehensive evaluation system based on multi-environment experiments (combining indicators such as yield, sugar, and stress resistance) can screen out strains with high stability and wide adaptability. At the same time, modern molecular breeding technologies (such as whole genome selection and gene editing) are accelerating the process of multi-target aggregation breeding. This study also puts forward suggestions such as strengthening germplasm innovation, multi-trait molecular marker-assisted selection, genome editing-directed improvement, and precise evaluation of ecological niches, in order to promote new breakthroughs in the breeding of excellent fresh sugarcane varieties.

Fresh sugarcane; Flavor quality; Disease-resistant breeding; Market adaptability; Multi-trait breeding