| Breeding and Selection |
| Identifying molecular markers for resistance to thrips. |
| Improving breeding efficacy by identifying rust resistance gene Bru1 in breeding and LD2 population. |
| Markers for colour and ethanol (lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose). |
| Genomics of quantitative disease resistance in sugarcane. |
| Molecular identification of interspecific hybrids using molecular markers and cytological investigations. |
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| Variety Characterisation |
| Mining the research database to categorise the reaction of released varieties to water stress. |
| Investigating the factors associated with less damaging nematode communities. |
| Investigating variety ratooning dynamics. |
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| Novel and Improved Traits |
| Analysis of transgenic sugarcane lines designed to test perturbed sugar metabolism. |
| Drought tolerance induced in sugarcane by genetic modification. |
| Overcoming transgene silencing in sugarcane. |
| Unlocking genetic variation in sugarcane for disease resistance. |
| Improved nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) via GM technology. |
| Medium and long-term conservation of strategically-important transgenic germplasm. |
| Characterisation and isolation of mutated ALS gene with a high tolerance to imazapyr in sugarcane. |
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| Sugarcane Metabolism |
| Sugar sensing and signaling-mediated regulation of photosynthesis in sugarcane. |
| Research Focus: Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| Re-breeding sugarcane for the future: Innovations through plant genome sequence mining and sugarcane genome sequencing. |
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| Long Term Projects |
| Plant Breeding |
| Variety Evaluation |