Imagine sugarcane that doesn't have to be grown in the south. Researchers may have managed just that. They've developed chill-tolerant hybrid sugarcane that can grow at lower temperatures.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sugarcane-hybrid-created-grow-colder-temperatures
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/science-world-report
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sugarcane
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-research