Toyota technology substantially shorten the time needed to improve varieties of sugar cane and improve plant performance

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Based on joint development with the National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region (KONARC) Japan,Toyota has created genetic-analysis technology that can substantially shorten the time needed to improve varieties of sugar cane and improve plant performance.Toyota developed a high-throughput DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis technology, based on which KONARC assessed sugar cane performance and Toyota worked on genetic analysis. Combining the results created the new genetic-analysis technology.


Toyota believes the development of the new genetic-analysis technology will constitute a major step toward achieving the goal of shortening the period needed for sugar-cane improvement by 50% and expects it will lead to increased sugar-cane yield through creating sugar-cane varieties with higher sugar content and improved disease resistance. Toyota and KONARC will present the new genetic-analysis technology at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan to be held in Kobe from December 7.