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An Overview of Major Fungal Diseases of Sugarcane in India: Detection and Management Strategies

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Abstract

Sugarcane is one of the most important crop for the sugar production in India and other countries. India holds the second position in sugarcane production. Many biotic and abiotic stresses affect the sugarcane production, among them fungal diseases are one of the most important, which cause deleterious effect on sugarcane as well as sugar production. Many important varieties of sugarcane have gone out of cultivation due to fungal diseases. In this chapter, we have summarized the important fungal diseases of sugarcane with their symptoms; markers based detection and their possible management strategies.

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Tiwari, A.K. et al. (2017). An Overview of Major Fungal Diseases of Sugarcane in India: Detection and Management Strategies. In: Singh, B.P., Gupta, V.K. (eds) Molecular Markers in Mycology. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34106-4_14

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