The hybridisation of noble sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum, with its wild relative S. spontaneum in the early 1900s was responsible for greatly improved resistance to a number of diseases, increased vigour and improved ratooning. New crosses made in Australia with S....
Since plant-parasitic nematodes are a major constraint to sugarcane production in Australia and previous research has shown that Erianthus arundinaceus has resistance to both root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) and root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus zeae),...
The multiplication of two species of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica and M. incognita) on tomato and 13 varieties of sugarcane was assessed by inoculating potted plants with 4000 nematode eggs and later measuring the number of nematodes present on roots and...
