Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements found in the earth's crust, but is mostly inert and only slightly soluble. Agriculture activity tends to remove large quantities of Si from soil. Sugarcane is known to absorb more Si than any other mineral nutrient, accumulating approximately 380 kg ha of Si, in a 12-month old crop. Sugarcane (plant growth and development) responses to silicon f...

The lollipop plant (Pachystachys lutea Nees) has been known as an ornamental species that originated from the South America region. In Indonesia, some local children claim nectar of this flower a very sweet flavor. This fact inspired short bioprospecting study with aim to discover its potential alternative sugar source. was conducted in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Four plants three different...

Leaf scald caused by Xanthomonas albilineans (Xa) is a major bacterial disease in sugarcane that represents threat to the global sugar industry. Little known about population structure and genetic evolution of this pathogen. In study, 39 Xa strains were collected from 6 provinces China. Of these strains, 15 24 isolated Saccharum spp. hybrid S. officinarum plants, respectively. Based on multiloc...

In order to study the effects of salinity levels of the irrigation water resulted from the sugarcane field drainage which contained mineral salt (NaCl), four salinity levels (0, 3, 6, 9 ds.m-1) and sugarcane genotypes (C4, C5,C3, CP48-103, C2, CP57-614, CP69-1062) in a potted plant were examined. It was a factorial experiment in randomized complete block design with three replications which was...