Review on the possible control strategies of Sugar cane disease Pokka boeng

Abstract

Sugarcane is a highly industrious crop that suffers from a multitude of diseases induced by different species and causes such as environmental and physiological abnormalities and nutritional deficiencies. Owing to the prevalence of a variety of diseases viz., red rot, smut, wilt, grassy shoot, and pokkah boeng, significant yield losses in sugarcane occur. Pokkah boeng is going to be the largest of the diseases. Pokkah boeng is common and may occur in most varieties, but typically does not do much harm. In sugarcane, heavy losses in yields are caused due to the incidence of a number of disease viz., red rot, smut, wilt, grassy shoot and pokkah boeng. Among diseases, Pokkah boeng is going to be a major of them. The occurrence and intensity of pokkah boeng differ greatly from year to year depending on the varieties grown and the environmental conditions. Conventional approaches such as the use of aggressive host cultivars and industrial fungicides render the most infectious pathogens challenging to monitor. Among the main reasons undermining attempts to implement such protection, mechanisms are the absences of effective chemical controls, the incidence of fungicide tolerance in pathogens, and the degradation or situation of host susceptibility by pathogen species. In this review, we highlight the importance of breeding and the protection steps that can be introduced to minimize possible sugarcane yield losses induced by pokkah boeng.