Greenhouse Evaluation of Sugarcane Cultivars for Resistance to Eyespot in Kenya. M. O. Osoro, Plant Pathologist, Ministry of Agriculture, National Sugar Research Station, Kisumu, Kenya. Plant Dis. 64:554-555. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-554.

Eyespot of sugarcane, incited by Helminthosporium sacchari, is increasing in importance in Kenya. Seven commercial and five promising unreleased sugarcane cultivars were tested for resistance to the disease by spraying 3-mo-old plants with a mycelial and spore suspension under high humidity. One commercial and one unreleased cultivar were resistant to the disease. The other cultivars were rated intermediate or susceptible.