Article
Possible origin of ratoon stunting disease following interspecific hybridization of Saccharum species
2016-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Ratoon stunting disease (RSD) is the most economically significant disease of sugarcane, and, although it was first discovered in 1945, surprisingly little is understood of the nature of the relationship between the host and the pathogen, Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli. This review traces RSD to the release of modern commercial hybrids, and provides evidence that Saccharum officinarum, the major progenitor of modern s...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 37fa5454-45d2-56a1-a78a-0af911ff90ec
- DOI
- 10.1111/ppa.12545
