Yellow Canopy Syndrome-Affected Sugarcane (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Yellow Canopy Syndrome-Affected Sugarcane

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Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) is a condition affecting sugarcane in Australia, the cause of which has not been identified. YCS causes yellowing of the mid-canopy leaves and reduces the amount of sugar that can be extracted from the cane. Researchers are using TACC's supercomputers to investigate possible clues to YCS's cause in genetic data.

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Annelie Marquardt, Sugar Research Australia

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