Disease scenario and management of major sugarcane diseases in India

R Viswanathan, GP Rao - Sugar Tech, 2011 - Springer
Sugarcane is a major commercial crop grown in tropical and subtropical regions of the
country. During the last 100 years, the country has witnessed epidemics of various diseases …

Red rot of sugarcane (Colletotrichum falcatum Went)

R Viswanathan - CABI Reviews, 2021 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Red rot of sugarcane was recorded more than 100 years before in Java, India, Argentina,
USA and other countries, and it is one of the most devastating diseases of sugarcane. Since …

Sustainable sugarcane cultivation in India through threats of red rot by varietal management

R Viswanathan - Sugar Tech, 2021 - Springer
Sugarcane is traditionally cultivated in India since time immemorial to extract gur and
Khandsari sugar. In the country, white sugar manufacturing started~ 300 years ago the with …

Changing scenario of sugarcane diseases in India since introduction of hybrid cane varieties: path travelled for a century

R Viswanathan - Journal of Sugarcane Research, 2018 - epubs.icar.org.in
Sugarcane crop has been traditionally cultivated over centuries in India and other Asian
countries for preparation of various sweeteners and to some extent for direct consumption …

Emergence of New Pathogenic Variants in Colletotrichum falcatum, Stalk Infecting Ascomycete in Sugarcane: Role of Host Varieties

R Viswanathan, P Padmanaban, R Selvakumar - Sugar Tech, 2020 - Springer
Red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum is more than a century old disease in sugarcane,
responsible for several epiphytotics in India. Due to breakdown of many elite hybrid varieties …

Behaviour of Soil Borne Inoculum of Colletotrichum falcatum in Causing Red Rot in Sugarcane Varieties with Varying Disease Resistance

R Viswanathan, R Selvakumar, K Manivannan… - Sugar Tech, 2020 - Springer
Red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum Went is a serious stalk disease affecting
production and productivity in sugarcane. Soil borne inoculum of C. falcatum serves as the …

Pathogen virulence in sugarcane red rot pathogen versus varieties in cultivation: Classical case of loss in virulence in the pathotype CF06 (Cf671)

R Viswanathan - Sugar Tech, 2017 - Springer
In India, red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum exhibits enormous variation in
pathogenicity on sugarcane. The new cultivars released for commercial cultivation succumb …

Bio-formulation of fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. induces systemic resistance against red rot disease and enhances commercial sugar yield in sugarcane

R Viswanathan, R Samiyappan - Archives of Phytopathology and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. collected from the rhizosphere of sugarcane and cane stalks
were screened for their antagonistic activity against Colletotrichum falcatum causing red rot …

Disease suppressive effects of resistance-inducing agents against red rot of sugarcane

NMR Ashwin, EL Barnabas, A Ramesh Sundar… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of
sugarcane in many tropical countries. In this study, the efficacy of various resistance …

Expression profiling of transcription factors (TFs) in sugarcane X Colletotrichum falcatum interaction

M Muthiah, A Ramadass, RS Amalraj… - Journal of plant …, 2013 - Springer
Sugarcane is one of the most important commercial crops in India, supporting the second
largest agro-based sugar industry. However for more than a century, the production is …