chapter one Biotechnological approach -- A new dimension for sugarcane improvement / Gauri A. Nerkar Madhavi V. Purankar Suman Sheelavantmath Rachayya M. Devarumath -- chapter two Molecular mapping techniques -- Application for the development of stress-tolerant sugarcane / Kalpana Sengar -- chapter three Coding the non-coding small RNA elements in sugarcane environmental responses / Clícia Grativol Flávia Thiebaut Adriana Silva Hemerly Paulo Gomes Ferreira Cavalcanti -- chapter four Biotechniques -- Quest for stress-tolerant sugarcane / Bushra Tabassum Idrees Ahmad Nasir Tayyab Husnain -- chapter five Biotechnological interventions to overcome the effect of climate change in sugarcane production / Yogendra Singh -- chapter six Abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane using genomics and proteomics techniques / Naresh Pratap Singh Vaishali Shami -- chapter seven Insights into biotechnological interventions for sugarcane improvement / Pooja Dhansu Ashwani Kumar Anita Mann Ravinder Kumar B.L. Meena Parvender Sheoran B. Parameswari Neeraj Kulshreshtha -- chapter eight Potential applications of molecular markers for genetic diversity and DNA fingerprinting in sugarcane / Manoj Kumar Sharma Kalpana Sengar Ashu Singh R.S. Sengar -- chapter nine Prospects of non‑conventional approaches for sugarcane improvement / Gulzar S. Sanghera Rajinder Kumar -- chapter ten Sugarcane biotechnology towards abiotic stress tolerance -- Drought and salinity / Lakshmi Kasirajan Anuradha Chelliah Boomiraj Kovilpillai -- chapter eleven Prospects of biotechnological tools in boosting sugarcane production / Kalpana Sengar R.S. Sengar Sanjay Kumar Garg -- chapter twelve Proline metabolism as sensors of abiotic stress in sugarcane / Ashu Singh Kalpana Sengar Manoj Kumar Sharma R.S. Sengar Sanjay Kumar Garg.