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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 4
First page : (371) Last page : (378)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7670

Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) Disease - An Overview

Anuradha*, Lenika Kashyap, Rajinder Kumar and Paramjit Singh
Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Research Station, Kapurthala, Punjab (144601)
*Corresponding Author E-mail: anusharma0210@pau.edu
Received: 26.03.2019  |  Revised: 14.05.2019   |  Accepted: 27.07.2019  

 ABSTRACT

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is one of the important agro industrial crops of the tropical and subtropical countries of the world. India being a world’s larger consumer as well as the second largest producer of sugar country requires sugarcane production on large scale. To fulfill this demand large of amount of seed material is to be exchanged from one location to another, but, as most of the sugarcane diseased are seed borne, new diseases have also been introduced to new location from its centre of origin in the past history. Similar to other major diseases of sugarcane, phytoplasmal diseases are also of economic importance and cause various biochemical changes in the plants. Phytoplasma has been reported to be associated with grassy shoot disease of sugarcane which causes significant losses in sugarcane yield and sugar recovery. It is very important to identify the disease at earlier stage to avoid its further spread and to develop effective control measure strategy. The identification of the disease based on the symptoms developed by infected plants is not always specific and can be confused with those caused by biotic and abiotic agents. With the use of various serological and molecular techniques, phytoplasma can easily be detected at early stage. These diagnostic techniques could play a vital role in supply of healthy sugarcane seed material. Keeping in view the economic importance of this disease, the present review summarizes the symptoms expression, mode and source of infection, transmission, biochemical aspects and detection methods of casual pathogen and disease management.

Keywords: Sugarcane, Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Disease, Disease Incidence, Insect-vector Transmission, Symptoms. 

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Cite this article: Anuradha, Kashyap, L., Kumar, R., & Singh, P. (2019). Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) Disease - An Overview, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(4), 371-378. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.7670