THE RIDESA
 
The Interuniversity Network for the Development of Sugarcane and Energy was formed through a technical cooperation agreement between ten Federal Universities. Thus, RIDESA's research activities are developed and shared among all universities, encouraging the exchange of information, knowledge, and results. This significantly increases the capacity and national reach of research and innovation results. Therefore, the Network operates nationwide and is currently the main center for sugarcane research within the Federal Government.
 
The nomenclature for sugarcane varieties in the RIDESA network uses the acronym RB (Republic of Brazil), which is registered with the Germplasm Committee of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologists (ISSCT) . The numbering is followed by the year of crossing and then the code for the respective university, which represents the location of variety selection, as detailed in Table 1 below.
 
 
Table 1. Coding by letters and numbers for RIDESA Sugarcane RB clones, 2015.