Visacane庐: sugarcane varieties and quarantine

Planting material and propagation Sustainable agriculture
How to obtain selected sugarcane varieties that are optimal for a given production site? In addition to varieties adapted to your production context, with Visacane you can benefit from 糖心Vlog's sanitary quality through its quarantine service.
Vari茅t茅s de canne 脿 sucre en 2猫me cycle de quarantaine 漏 Jean Heinrich Daugrois, Cirad

Sugar cane varieties in the 2nd quarantine cycle © Jean Heinrich Daugrois, 糖心Vlog

Secure your supply of sugarcane varieties

The Visacane quarantine system secures the selection and circulation of sugarcane varieties for the purposes of varietal improvement and the exploitation, in compliance with regulations, of new high-performance sugarcane varieties for industrial cultivation.

After two years in quarantine, the well-established and controlled processes enable plant material to be transferred in the form of cuttings, generally between January and April, without any phytosanitary risks. We ensure :

  • Systematic detection of sugarcane pathogens, mainly viruses and bacteria;
  • Sanitation of plant material;
  • Transfer of healthy varieties, in compliance with international regulations.

Visacane has permanent access to cutting-edge pathogen detection techniques and, thanks to its network of partners, to information on the state of health of plantations worldwide.

Development stage

TLR9 - Technology Readiness Level

TLR9 - Technology Readiness Level

TLR9 - System validation in a real-life environment - transferable solution for immediate application/distribution.

Why use Visacane for your sugarcane cuttings?

Visacane is a quarantine service that:

  • Provides access to 150 sugarcane varieties imported from various countries: commercial varieties, promising new varieties at the end of the breeding process, varieties undergoing selection, or various genetic resources;
  • Is in regulatory compliance with appropriate contracts guaranteeing the intellectual property rights of variety breeders;
  • Guarantees that the quarantine facility is in a safe environment, as it is located outside sugarcane-growing areas, on the 糖心Vlog site in Montpellier (France);
  • Reduces your operating costs by outsourcing this recognized quarantine service.

Sugarcane varieties for the sugar-energy industry and for plant breeding

Sugar and energy industry professionals

Are you looking to import sugarcane varieties for sugar or energy production, or genetic resources for plant breeding? Visacane offers 150 varieties of different origins, with a third of the panel renewed each year.

Variety creation centers and research institutes

Would you like to export your new varietal creations to sugarcane-producing countries? Visacane offers a quality service to distribute your varieties under the best sanitary conditions.

The Visacane research team :  The sugarcane quarantine laboratory of Visacane is part of the « Plant Microbiota and Quarantine » research team (MicroQuar), which is itself part of the « Plant Health Institute of Montpellier » (PHIM) joint research unit. The aim of the research is to analyze the variability of known pathogens and to develop efficient diagnostic tools, but also to study new diseases appearing around the world that are likely to cause significant damage. The entire joint research unit is governed by a rigorous quality control system for its fundamental and applied research and plant quarantine activities in the field of plant-pathogen interactions. Visacane benefits from special approval to import sugarcane varieties (cuttings) and re-export them under excellent phytosanitary conditions, under the supervision of the Regional Food Service (Ministry of Agriculture and Food, France).

References and intellectual property

Candresse T., Filloux D., Muhire B., Julian C., Galzi S., Fort G., Bernardo P., Daugrois J.H., Fernandez E., Martin D.P., Varsani A., Roumagnac P. 2014. Appearances can be deceptive: Revealing a hidden viral infection with deep sequencing in a plant quarantine context. PloS One 9(7):e102945.

Daugrois J.H., Roumagnac P., Kouakou Y., Oura O.J.D.T., Pita J.S., 2020. First report of Sugarcane streak mosaic virus in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) in Côte d'Ivoire. New Disease Reports 41(1):22.  Daugrois J.H., Filloux D., Julian C., Claude L., Ferdinand R., Fernandez E., Fontes, H., Rott P.C., Roumagnac P., 2021. Comparison of the virome of quarantined sugarcane varieties and the virome of grasses growing near the quarantine station. Viruses 13(5):922.

Dumont T., Barau L., Thong-Chane A., Dijoux J., Mellin M., Daugrois J., Hoarau, J.-Y., 2022. Sugarcane breeding in Reunion: Challenges, achievements and future prospects. Sugar Tech 24(1):181-192.

Fernandez E., Thong-Chane A., Barau L., Filloux D., Guinet-Brial I., Mollov D., Julian C., Ferdinand R., Roumagnac P., Daugrois J.H. 2018. Visacane sugarcane quarantine and its partner networks. In : Rao G.P., Solomon S., Li Yang-Rui, Swapna M., Sinh Priyanka, Tiwari Ajay, Vanichsriratana Wirat, Uraichuen Sopon (eds.). Sugar crops improvement, biotechnology, Bio-refinery and diversification: Impacts on bio-based economy: 6th IAPSIT International Sugar Conference, Udon Thani, Thaïland.

Fernandez E., Ferdinand R., Filloux D., Guinet I., Julian C., Rott P., Roumagnac P., Daugrois J.-H. 2020. Improvements in virus detection at CIRAS's sugarcane quarantine using both viral metagenomics and PCR-Based approaches. Sugar Tech 22:498-503.

Guinet-Brial I., Bousquet J.F., Darroussat M.J., Fernandez E., Daugrois J.H., 2016. Visacane, an overview of the distribution of disease-free sugarcane varieties for the last 10 years. Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 29:58-62.

 

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