The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2001
  • Volume: 61
  • Issue: 3

Resistance breeding in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.)

  • Author:
  • D. K. Verma
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 256 to 262

Division of Plant Breeding, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam (Barapani) Meghalaya 793 103.

Abstract

Resistance breeding in sugarcane Saccharum officinarum L against red rot is described in detail in this review for its utilization in the development of resistant varieties of sugarcane.

Keywords

Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum, resistance breeding