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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iii
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES viii
LIST OF PLATES ix
LIST OF ABBREVIATION xi
ABSTRAK xii
ABSTRACT xiv
CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION
1.1 Sugarcane 1
1.2 Sugarcane Plantation in Malaysia 4
1.3 Diseases of Sugarcane
6
2.7 Objectives of study
8
CHAPTER TWO : LITEREATURE REVIEW
2.1 Sugarcane disease; Pokkah Boeng 9
2.2 Disease Symptoms 10
2.3 Causal Organisms 10
2.4 Means of Dispersal
12
2.5 Taxonomy of Fusarium species
14
2.6 The Identification of Fusarium species
16
2.6.1 Morphological Diagnostics
16
2.6.2 Pathogenicity Test
16
2.6.3 Vegetative Compatibility Groups
17
CHAPTER THREE : GENERAL MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1 Fungal Sources 19
3.2 General Culture Media
19
3.3 Sterilization
19
3.3.1 Heat sterilization
19
3.3.1.1 Moist heat sterilization
19
3.3.1.2 Dry heat sterilization
20
3.3.2 Sterilization by filtration
20