Turning a Blind Eye to Ratoon Stunting Disease of Sugarcane in Australia

• Published in: Plant disease Vol. 102; no. 3; p. 473
• Main Author: Young, Anthony J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Actinomycetales - physiology; Disease Resistance; Plant Diseases - immunology; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant Diseases - prevention & control; Plant Diseases - statistics & numerical data; Plant Vascular Bundle - genetics; Plant Vascular Bundle - immunology; Plant Vascular Bundle - microbiology; Saccharum - genetics; Saccharum - immunology; Saccharum - microbiology

The Australian sugar industry has never pursued genetic resistance to ratoon stunting disease (RSD), despite it being widely considered to be one of the most important diseases of sugarcane (Saccharum interspecific hybrids). This is because of a prevailing view that the disease is economically manag...