Role of Sphacelotheca sorghii adapted to Ischaemum ciliare and sugarcane on whip smut occurrence in sugarcane
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R. VISWANATHAN, P. PADMANABAN, P. NALLATHAMBI and D. MOHANRAJ
Division of Crop Protection, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641 007
Keywords:
Sugarcane, whip Smut, Sphacelotheca sorghii, Ischaemum ciliareAbstract
The causal organism of ovaricolous smut on I. ciliare in Kerala, India, was isolated and identified as S. sorghii. Teliospores of S. sorghii were compared with teliospores of Ustilago scitaminea from sugarcane and symptoms caused by the 2 fungi were compared.
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