Sugarcane diseases field guide
  Australian version

 Authors:  RC Magarey, KJ Lonie and BJ Croft
Year published:  2006
Type: Pocket guide
No pages:  109, Colour illustrations

Abstract:

This pocket size guide is for practical 'in-field' use, and is designed for cane growers, harvester operators, agri-business, consultants, private contractors as well as research, extension and quarantine staff.


Contents
Preface
; Introduction; Understanding the layout; Disease key; Icons

Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS)

Diagnosing diseases

Leaf diseases - Australian; Quick comparison - whole leaf; Quick comparison - close-up

- Brown rust; Brown stripe; Eye spot; Orange rust; Red leaf spot; Ring spot; Yellow spot; Distribution; Time of year; Area affected

Leaf diseases - Exotic; Quick comparison - whole leaf; Quick comparison - close-up

- Brown spot; Leaf scorch; Target blotch; Veneer blotch- White speck; Zonate leaf spot; Distribution and importance

Leaf diseases - General; Severity; Lesion shapes; Severity assessment; Planting material diseases

- Fusarium sett rot; Pineapple sett rot; General information; Fungicides; Distribution

Whole-plant diseases - Australian; Quick comparison - internal stalks; Quick comparison - leaf streaks

- Bacterial mottle; Chlorotic streak (CSD); Fiji leaf gall; Leaf scald; Mosaic; Pokkah boeng; Ratoon stunting disease (RSD); Red rot; Red stripe/top rot; Sclerophthora; Striate mosaic; Distribution; Time of year; Area affected; Pathogen and importance; Control measures

Whole-plant diseases - Exotic

- Downy mildew; Grassy shoot; Gumming; Ramu stunt; Smut; White leaf; Distribution and importance; Contingency plans; World map

Queensland minor diseases- General; Soil-borne diseases - General

- Basal stem rot (BSR); Nematodes; Pachymetra root rot; Pythium root rot; Tully assay laboratory

Quarantine - State; Quarantine boundaries; Shifting plant and machinery

General information on diseases; Glossary; Index; Acknowledgements

 
Price - Australia
$15.00 includes GST and postage (service fee subscribers)
$15.00 includes GST and postage (non-service fee subscribers)


Price - Overseas
AUD $30.00 plus postage

 

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