ABSTRACT
The abilities to control transgenic expression through induction and developmental control would provide an additional platform for the production of a range of new compounds in the sugarcane industry. Biotechnology offers excellent opportunities for sugarcane crop improvement. To emphasize the utility of somaclonal variation in crop improvement, sugarcane is often cited as an example, along with the potato. Somatic embryogenesis is probably the most intensively investigated method of in vitro regeneration in sugarcane. Sugarcane is a perennial grass that normally propogates vegetatively through nodal buds and rhizomes for commercial purpose culturing through seed propagation also occurs. Micropropagation is an in vitro method for clonal multiplication of plants using meristematic or non-meristematic cells/tissues as the explant. The application of cell and tissue culture to clonal propagation and in vitro germplasm storage is significantly influenced by the genetic stability of the regenerated plant.
