During annual ratoon stunting disease (RSD) seedbed inspections at Harwood, assessments of the relative prevalence of chlorotic streak disease (CSD) were recorded on a scale of 0 (none evident) to 3 (highly prevalent). Over a three-year period (2012-2014), these...
A new molecular RSD diagnostic platform was developed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on pooled leaf sheath biopsies (LSB-PCR). This non-destructive technique samples leaf sheaths from 50 cane stalks, more than tripling the number of stalks routinely surveyed...
