Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica (2003) 38, 21-28

D. Mohanraj, P. Padmanaban and M. Karunakaran (2003)
Effect of phytotoxin of Colletotrichum falcatum Went. (Physalospora tucumanensis) on sugarcane in tissue culture
Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 38 (1-2), 21-28
Abstract: A phytotoxin produced by the sugarcane red rot fungus, Colletotrichum falcatum Went. was partially purified and its effects studied on sugarcane callus development, plantlet differentiation and shoot growth in tissue culture. The findings indicate that all the above attributes were markedly reduced by the fungal toxin. Potential for the possible use of the toxin to produce red rot resistant sugarcane genotypes by pathogen toxin induced somaclonal variation is examined.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
resistance/tolerance/defence of host

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Colletotrichum falcatum	Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)	India