Status of red rot resistance in wild relatives of sugarcane, Saccharum spontaneum, interspecific hybrids and intergeneric hybrids

Identifying new sources for red rot resistance is a continuous process to enrich parental pools for disease resistance in sugarcane. Earlier, sugarcane varieties under cultivation, interspecific hybrids of Saccharum officinarum, S. spontaneum and S. barberi were screened for red rot caused by Colle...

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Main Authors: R Viswanathan, P Padmanaban, D Mohanraj, N Prakasam, N Singh, R Selvakumar, P Malathi, A Ramesh Sundar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sugarcane Research and Development 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Sugarcane Research
Online Access:https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JSR/article/view/89990