Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane. Breeding, pests and diseases / Volume 2, (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Philippe Rott.
• Editors: Rott, Philippe
• Contents: Part 1 Plant physiology and breeding ; 1.Sugarcane genome sequencing and genetic mapping: Xiping Yang and Ramkrishna Kandel, University of Florida, USA; Jian Song, University of Florida, USA and Dezhou University, China; Qian You, University of Florida, USA and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China; Mengjuan Wang, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China; and Jianping Wang, University of Florida, USA and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China ; 2.Advances in understanding of sugarcane plant growth and physiology: Frederik C Botha, Sugar Research Australia (SRA) and the University of Queensland, Australia ; 3.Ensuring and exploiting the genetic diversity of sugarcane: Anna Hale, USDA-ARS, USA; Phillip Jackson, CSIRO, Australia; and James R. Todd, USDA-ARS, USA ; 4.Advances in conventional sugarcane breeding programmes: Phillip Jackson, CSIRO, Australia ; 5.Advances in marker-assisted breeding of sugarcane: Per McCord, USDA-ARS, USA ; 6.Genetic improvement of sugarcane by transgenic, intragenic and genome editing technologies: Fredy Altpeter and Ratna Karan, University of Florida, USA ; ; Part 2 Progress in understanding and managing diseases, pests and weeds ; 7.Ensuring biosecurity in sugarcane cultivation: Nicole Thompson, Sugar Research Australia (SRA), Australia ; 8.Viral metagenomics and sugarcane pathogens: Philippe Roumagnac, Jean-Heinrich Daugrois and Denis Filloux, CIRAD, France; and Dimitre Mollov, USDA-ARS, USA ; 9.Progress in understanding fungal diseases affecting sugarcane: red rot: R. Viswanathan, A. Ramesh Sundar, R. Selvakumar and P. Malathi, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, India ; 10.Progress in understanding fungal diseases affecting sugarcane: smut: Claudia B. Monteiro Vitorello, Patricia Dayane Carvalho Schaker, Juliana Benevenuto, Natália de Sousa Teixeira e Silva and Sintia Silva de Almeida, University of São Paulo, Brazil; ; 11.Progress in understanding fungal diseases affecting sugarcane: rusts: R. Stuart Rutherford, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ; 12.Progress in understanding viruses affecting sugarcane: Kathy Braithwaite, Sugar Research Australia (SRA), Australia ; 13.Recent progress in understanding three major bacterial diseases of sugarcane: gumming, leaf scald and ratoon stunting: Monique Royer, Isabelle Pieretti, and Stéphane Cociancich, CIRAD, France; and Philippe Rott, University of Florida, USA ; 14.Managing the soil biological community to improve soil health and reduce losses from nematode pests: Graham R. Stirling, Biological Crop Protection Pty Ltd, Australia ; 15.Progress in understanding and managing insect pests affecting sugarcane: François-Régis Goebel, CIRAD, France; Julien M. Beuzelin, University of Florida, USA; and Mike J. Way, South African Sugarcane Research Institute, South Africa ; 16.Integrated disease management strategies in sugarcane cultivation: Jack C. Comstock and Sushma G. Sood, USDA-ARS, USA ; 17.Integrated weed management in sugarcane cultivation: Calvin Odero, University of Florida, USA ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 633.619; Sugarcane -- Diseases and pests; Sugarcane -- Diseases and pests -- Control; Sustainable agriculture; Sugarcane industry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786761507
• Related ISBNs: 9781786761514; 9781786761491
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