Molecular diagnostic of both brown and orange sugarcane rust and evaluation of sugarcane brown rust resistance in Tucumán- Argentina using molecular markers associated to Bru1, a broad-range resistance allele

Brown rust (Puccinia melanocephala), first reported in Tucumán in 1988, and orange rust (P. kuehnii), not yet reported in Argentina, cause important yield losses in global sugarcane production. Due to the difficulties in distinguishing these two sugarcane diseases with the naked eye, it is essential...

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Main Authors: Josefina Racedo, M. Francisca Perera, Romina Bertani, Claudia Funes, Victoria González, María I. Cuenya, Angelique D´Hont, Bjorn Welin, Atilio P. Castagnaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Leonardo Daniel Ploper
Series:Revista Industrial y Agrícola de Tucumán
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1851-30182014000100008&lng=en&tlng=en