Sugarcane Ratoon Stunting Disease (RSD)
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Symptoms
- No external symptoms other than stunted growth.
- up and down” growth appearance of the canopy.
- There is a slow decline in varietal performance with cane thinness and poor vigor.
- Reliable diagnostics is through laboratory tests.
Management
- Use of disease free seed cane is necessary for complete control of the disease
- HWT of nursery ‘A’ Seedcane at 50 degrees celsius for 2-3 hours
- Disinfection of cane cutting implements with Lysol or Chlorine when preparing seed cane and when moving from field to field