INTERUNIVERSITY NETWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUGAR ENERGY SECTOR
Breeding of Sugarcane
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Learn about the History of the RIDESA
Until 1988, sugar and ethanol production in Brazil was heavily regulated and subsidized by the Federal Government. With the enactment of the new Federal Constitution in 1988, Brazil's economic policy underwent major changes, leading to the termination of subsidy programs such as PROÁLCOOL. Therefore, all incentives for the development of research on sugarcane, including genetic improvement, were interrupted with the extinction of the IAA in 1990 and, consequently, the PLANALSUCAR agency was closed. In that same year, the incorporation of units of the extinct PLANALSUCAR by Federal Universities opened new perspectives, both for researchers and for the sugarcane sector.
Hybridization and Genetic Improvemen
RIDESA Currently maintains two Germplasm Banks: one at the Serra do Ouro Flowering and Crossing Station, in Murici, Alagoas (lat 09º 13' S, long 35º 50' W and alt 515m) and another at the Devaneio Flowering and Crossing Station, in Amaraji, Pernambuco (lat 08° 19.8' S, long 35° 24.89' W and alt 514m).
