Abstract

The triterpene methyl ethers in the leaf waxes of over 80 clones of Saccharum officinarum, S. edule, S. robustum, S. spontaneum and a limited number of related species were compared as possible chemotaxonomic markers by GLC. The principal components were arundoin, crusgallin and cylindrin. The overall interspecific variation was small, but arundoin was particularly characteristic of S. officinarum. However, each species showed marked interclonal variation, which was related to chromosome numbers and geographical origin. Most S. spontaneum clones from India were atypical containing no triterpene methyl ethers.

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