The establishment of in vitro screening methods for evaluating the susceptibility of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) to the fungal disease, smut (causal agent : Ustilago scitaminea H. and P. Sydow) and the stalk borer, Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae).
The fungal disease smut (causal agent: Ustilago scitaminea H. & P. Sydow) and stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker place major constraints on sugarcane agriculture in South Africa. The best approach for management is the introduction of resistant cultivars; however, conventional field-based scre...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8166 |