Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, has put forword a set of variety descriptor and a plan of further collection of sugarcane gerplasm abroad.

• 甘蔗近缘属在印度已成功地用于培育栽培品种,印度甘蔗育种研究所提出一套甘蔗品种分类指标,并计划到国外进一步收集甘蔗种质资源。