1. Evaluation of sugarcane smut resistance in wild sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum L.) accessions collected in Japan
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Taiichiro Hattori, Shin Irei, Takeo Sakaigaichi, Takayuki Mitsunaga, Michiko Hayano, S. Fukuhara, Minoru Tanaka, Makoto Matsuoka, Shoko Ishikawa, Yusuke Tarumoto, Yoshifumi Terajima, and Takayoshi Terauchi
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0106 biological sciences ,Germplasm ,Resistance (ecology) ,biology ,Inoculation ,Sugarcane smut ,Saccharum spontaneum ,smut resistance ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Plant disease resistance ,lcsh:Plant culture ,biology.organism_classification ,japan ,01 natural sciences ,Agronomy ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,lcsh:SB1-1110 ,Plant breeding ,Cultivar ,wild sugarcane ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Sugarcane smut, caused by Sporisorium scitamineum, is one of the most important sugarcane diseases in Japan. Wild sugarcane, Saccharum spontaneum, is known to be a key breeding material to obtain high-yielding clones. In this study, we sought to identify Japanese wild sugarcane accessions with high resistance to smut. Thirty wild sugarcanes and three sugarcane cultivars were tested by the pinprick method. The results of the inoculation tests aided in identifying wild sugarcanes with high resistance to smut disease, namely JW90, Iriomote8, and Iriomote15. After screening the germplasm, progeny distribution of smut resistance from the inoculation test and dry matter productivity in the smut disease-free field were compared. The highly resistant wild sugarcane accession had a much better impact on progeny distribution of smut resistance compared with the susceptible accession. No relationship was found between smut resistance and dry matter productivity in both populations.
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- 2019