FigureĀ 1

Sugarcane Shoot Borne Root (SBR) emergence and establishment at different stages of settling development in commercial hybrid Co 86032 and Erianthus clones (IND 04-1335, SES 288). (a) Roots phenotyped after 20Ā days of planting, (b) 30Ā days after planting. Scale bar 1Ā cm, (c) cross section of the shoot base. Scale bar 50 µm, (d) Root phenotyped after 40Ā days of planting. Scale bar 1Ā cm. The dotted lines shows the position of cross sections made to identify the emergence of SBR primordia. Red arrows indicate the sett roots, black arrows indicate the SBRs and blue arrows indicate the SBR primordial, (e) Number of shoot borne roots (Mean of ten replications), (f) length of shoot borne roots at 20, 30 and 40 DAP (Mean of ten replications). Different letters indicate significant difference at pā<ā0.05.