Mechanism of resistance in Australian sugarcane parent clones to smut and the effect of hot water treatment
Shamsul A. Bhuiyan A D , Barry J. Croft A , Emily C. Deomano B , Rebecca S. James C and Joanne K. Stringer B
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A Sugar Research Australia, 90 Old Cove Road, Woodford, Qld 4514, Australia.
B Sugar Research Australia, 50 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.
C Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 1 Pederson Road, Eaton, NT 0820, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: sbhuiyan@sugarresearch.com.au
Crop and Pasture Science 64(9) 892-900 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP13286
Submitted: 19 August 2013 Accepted: 8 October 2013 Published: 26 November 2013
Abstract
Resistance of sugarcane plants to smut is believed to be manifested by two mechanisms, (i) external resistance, governed by structural barrier of bud scale and/or chemical secretion from the bud, and (ii) internal resistance, regulated by interaction of plants and fungus within the plant tissue. Hot water treatments are routinely used to treat seed cane to eliminate a range of diseases including smut. It is believed that hot water treatment predisposes sugarcane plant to smut. This study was conducted to determine the resistance mechanisms of some important Australian parent clones, and their response to hot water treatment in relation to smut infection. Twenty-one clones, used regularly in the Australian sugarcane breeding program, were evaluated. Results showed that ~47% of clones had external and 33% had internal resistance mechanisms, indicating that parent clones selected for this study possessed diverse mechanism of resistance. There is a possibility some or all clones with internal resistance mechanisms could also possess external resistance mechanism. Except one highly susceptible clone (Q205
) in one trial, none of the clones subject to hot water treatment became more susceptible to smut. Although some clones showed increased resistance after hot water treatment. These findings will benefit breeders in selecting parent materials in their crossing programs to develop smut-resistant cultivars.
Additional keywords: Saccharum spp., Sporisorium scitamineum, Sugarcane breeding, Ustilago scitaminea.
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