Disease constraints associated with the movement of sugar cane germplasm to and from Mauritius

Code (CO)	MSI99P2070
Author (AU)	Saumtally, S. Dhayan, S. Ganoo, S. Sullivan, S.
Title - English (ET)	Disease constraints associated with the movement of sugar cane germplasm to and from Mauritius
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Croft, B. J.; Piggin, C. M.; Wallis, E. S.; Hogarth, D. M. (eds), Sugarcane germplasm conservation and exchange: report of an international workshop held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28-30 June 1995
Document Type(DT)	Book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	1996
Source (SO)	p. 42-45
ISBN (BN)	1 86320 177 7
Publisher (PB)	Canberra, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	Sugarcane bacilliform virus is considered to be the main constraint in germplasm transfer from Mauritius. No curative measure is known and the virus has been detected in 125 noble canes (Saccharum officinarum), 17 interspecific hybrids as well as wild canes (S. barberi, S. robustum, S. spontaneum and Ripidiu, spp.). The disease is also a hindrance to the introduction of clones and since 1989, 26 out of the 240 imported varieties were found to be infected. Ratoon stunting disease ranks second in importance among the diseases intercepted and has been detected in 10 clones in three quarantine cycles. An unidentified disease causing a reddish leaf mottle and death of older leaves was encountered in 1994 in six clones undergoing quarantine. Rod-shaped virus particles were found to be associated with the disease.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE GERMPLASM DISEASES GENETIC RESOURCES GENETICS PLANT VIRUSES RATOON STUNTING DISEASE SUGAR CANE BACILLIFORM VIRUS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Cane breeding and genetic improvement
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Breeding: Germplasm exchange
Date record entered (DA)	1996-03-07
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
Number of copies (NC)	2
MSIRI Staff (MS)	PB