Disease screening and post-entry quarantine program for safe introduction of sugarcane varieties in the Philippines
Issue Date
6-2017
Abstract
A three-year post-entry quarantine pathogen testing protocol for foreign sources of sugarcane was developed for the Philippines. A total of 284 varieties acquired from Australia, Bangladesh, China, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Thailand, USA, Japan, Vietnam and Pakistan were subjected to pathogen testing inside the post-entry quarantine glasshouse for 24 months at the Institute of Plant Breeding – College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños and another 10 months under the open-field conditions at Guimaras, Visayas for the period of 2001-2012. Leaf scald, ratoon stunting disease and sugarcane mosaic were among the most common diseases that were detected on foreign varieties imported from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, China, France, USA, Vietnam and Pakistan. The presence of other diseases such as smut, red rot, grassy shoot, sheath rot, Pokkah boeng and yellow leaf disease were also observed on some foreign varieties from Thailand, Indonesia, China, Australia, USA and Pakistan. A cold soak and hot water treatment was found effective in eradication of pathogens associated with seed pieces received from foreign countries. Furthermore, the use of an optimized and standardized scheme of quarantine pathogen testing through antibody and nucleic acid based assays proved to be a reliable practice in checking the introduction of new pathogens in new and promising sugarcane varieties received from other countries. These preliminary quarantine practices were found effective in protecting the Philippine industry from unwanted quarantine pathogens.
Source or Periodical Title
Journal of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences
ISSN
0859-3132
Volume
23
Issue
1
Page
33-43
Document Type
Article
Physical Description
illustrations, diagram, table
Language
English
Subject
Antibody, Cold soak and hot water treatment, Nucleic acid, Pathogen testing
Recommended Citation
Cueva, F.M., & Samaco, M.A. (2017). Disease screening and post-entry quarantine program for safe introduction of sugarcane varieties in the Philippines. Journal of the International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences 23 (1), 33-43.
Digital Copy
yes
En – AGROVOC descriptors
Pathogen testing; Antibody; Nucleic acid; Cold soak and hot water treatment
