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A Pythium Root Rot and Chlorosis Complex of Sugarcane

Volume : 45
Issue: Mar-mar
Pages: 89 - 98
Published: November 05, 2023
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Abstract


During the last two years a disease of sugarcane has been observed in the neighbourhood of Coimbatore. The chief symptom is a marked and severe chlorosis. Affected plants may be recognized from a distance by the striking white colour of the crown leaves. The disease has also been noted in some varieties in the collection of this Institute. It has been observed on Co. 419, Co. 421 and Co. 467 at Tudiyalur north of Coimbatore. Specimens of Co. 419 forwarded from Pugalur in the Tiruchirapally, district, and examined through the courtesy of Dr. K. Ramakrishnan also showed similar symptoms. At Coimbatore it has been so far observed only in the gardenland soils but not in wetland soils. In the collection at the Institute the disease is not confined to any particular species of Saccharum but occurs in different species.

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89 - 98
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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