Presenter: Dr Karen Aitken, Sugarcane Genetics and Genomics Scientist
Dr Karen Aitken’s webinar describes the journey over the past 24 years to develop high throughput low-cost molecular markers for use in the Australian sugarcane breeding program. She covers the complexities of this highly polyploid interspecific plant and the methods used to understand the allelic diversity in sugarcane and how genes interact in the genome to express traits of agronomic importance. She describes the impact of research in genetics and genomics and how it is delivered to the Australian sugarcane breeding program.