Plants are the ecosystem's primary source and have a direct or indirect impact on human
life. Pathogens and insect's interference into the plants contribute to enormous losses in …

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 …

Sugarcane smut caused by Sporisorium scitamineum is a critical fungal disease in the
sugarcane industry. However, molecular mechanistic studies of pathological response of …

Chitinases are pathogensis-related proteins, which play an important role in plant defense
mechanisms. The role of the sugarcane chitinase family genes remains unclear due to the …

Sugarcane is one of the most important agricultural crops in the world. However, pathogen
infection and herbivore attack cause constant losses in yield. Plants respond to pathogen …

Chitinases (EC 3.2. 2.14), expressed during the plant-pathogen interaction, are associated
with plant defense against pathogens. In the present study, a positive correlation between …

Chitin-binding proteins are pathogenesis-related gene family, which play a key role in the
defense response of plants. However, thus far, little is known about the chitin-binding family …

Sugarcane is one of the important commercial crops cultivated world-wide both under
tropical and sub-tropical conditions. The crop gains economic importance by virtue of its …

Red rot caused by the fungus Colletotrichum falcatum Went is a destructive disease of
sugarcane in India and other Asian countries. The pathogen infects the economically …

A suppression subtractive hybridization technique was used to identify differentially
expressed genes in sugarcane in response to Colletotrichum falcatum, the fungal pathogen …