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| Sundar, A. Ramesh; Ashwin, N.M.R.; Barnabas, E. Leonard; Malathi, P.; Viswanathan, R.. |
| Sugarcane is one of the important commercial crops cultivated world-wide both under tropical and sub-tropical conditions. The crop gains economic importance by virtue of its industrial potential in terms of products like crystal white sugar, bagasse, pressmud, power etc. Among the various production constraints of the crop, diseases are seen as a major threat for sustaining the productivity of sugarcane. Conventional Breeding is a lengthy process and it involves almost more than 10 years for the release of a commercial variety. Many varieties with superior agronomical traits have succumbed to diseases like red rot and smut during the course of cultivation, which hitherto at the time of release were rated to be resistant. The breakdown of disease resistance... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sugarcane; Disease resistance; Red rot; Smut.. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/scientiaagraria/article/view/12829 |
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