Research Project: Understanding and Incorporating Disease Resistance into New Sugarcane Cultivars

Location: Sugarcane Field Station

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Registration of ‘CP 14-1933’ sugarcane cultivar for organic soils in Florida - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Registration of ‘CP 13-4513’ sugarcane for sand soils in Florida. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Divergent molecular pathways govern temperature-dependent wheat stem rust resistance genes - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hewitt, T.C., Sharma, K.N., Zhang, J., Chunhong, C., Bajgain, P., Bhatt, D., Yang, J., Olivera Firpo, P.D., Singh, S., Wang, Q., Upadhyaya, N., Pozniak, C., Mcintosh, R., Lagudah, E., Zhang, P., Rouse, M.N. 2025. Divergent molecular pathways govern temperature-dependent wheat stem rust resistance genes. Nature Communications. 16.Article 4905. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60030-x.

Exploring morphological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic differences between two sister lines with contrastive resistance to orange rust disease in sugarcane - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhou, Y., Mihail, E.S., Luo, Z., Sood, S.G., Islam, M.S., Wang, J. 2025. Exploring morphological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic differences between two sister lines with contrastive resistance to orange rust disease in sugarcane. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26.3490. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26083490.

Sugarcane mild mosaic virus in commercial varieties and advanced lines in Florida - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Orange rust - (Book / Chapter)

Identification and Characterization of Sr59-Mediated Stem Rust Resistance in a Novel Wheat-Rye Translocation T2BL.2BS·2RL - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Yazdani, M., Rouse, M.N., Bajgain, P., Danilova, T.V., Motsnyi, I., Steffenson, B.J., Patpour, M., Rahmatov, M. 2025. Identification and Characterization of Sr59-Mediated Stem Rust Resistance in a Novel Wheat-Rye Translocation T2BL.2BS·2RL. The Crop Journal. 13(2025) 909-918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2025.02.012.

QTL mapping of stem rust resistance in a Bill Brown/Gage winter wheat population - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kumssa, T., Baenziger, P.S., Rouse, M.N., Hussain, W., Belamkar, V., Wegulo, S.N., Poland, J. 2025. QTL mapping of stem rust resistance in a Bill Brown/Gage winter wheat population. Crop Science. 65(1).Article e21445. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21445.

A diagnostic guide for orange rust disease in sugarcane - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cardenas, D.E., Carrillo, T.Y., Sood, S.G., Hincapie, M.A., Tapia, J., Wang, J., Rott, P.C., Cano, L.M. 2024. A diagnostic guide for orange rust disease in sugarcane. Plant Health Progress. 0:1-41. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-02-24-0013-DG.

The disease resistance of the sugarcane cultivars released in the past two decade in Florida. - (Abstract Only)

Registration of ‘CP 13-1954’ sugarcane for Florida organic soils - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lesmes, R., Zhao, D., Sood, S.G., Momotaz, A., Davidson, W.R., Islam, M.S., Baltazar, M., Gordon, V.S., Mccord, P.H., Coto Arbelo, O., Sandhu, H. 2024. Registration of ‘CP 13-1954’ sugarcane for Florida organic soils. Journal of Plant Registrations. 18:352-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20364.

Registration of ‘CP 15-2516’ for organic soils in Florida - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sood, S.G., Momotaz, A., Coto Arbelo, O., Baltazar, M., Davidson, W.R., Islam, M.S., Sandhu, H., Zhao, D., Rounds, E. 2024. Registration of ‘CP 15-2516’ for organic soils in Florida. Journal of Plant Registrations. 3:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20360.

Effect of sugarcane yellow leaf virus in the second clonal stage of the Canal Point cultivar development program - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sood, S.G., Gordon, V.S., Coto, O. 2023. Effect of sugarcane yellow leaf virus in the second clonal stage of the Canal Point cultivar development program. International Sugar Journal. 148:408-411. https://doi.org/10.36961/si29966.

Registration of ‘CP 14-1377’ sugarcane for organic soils in Florida - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sood, S.G., Momotaz, A., Baltazar, M., Coto Arbelo, O., Davidson, W.R., Islam, M.S., Sandhu, H., Zhao, D., Gordon, V.S. 2023. Registration of ‘CP 14-1377’ sugarcane for organic soils in Florida. Journal of Plant Registrations. 17:114-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20275.

Registration of ‘CP 14-1377’ sugarcane for organic soils in Florida - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sood, S.G., Momotaz, A., Baltazar, M., Coto Arbelo, O., Davidson, W.R., Islam, M.S., Sandhu, H., Zhao, D., Gordon, V.S. 2023. Registration of ‘CP 14-1377’ sugarcane for organic soils in Florida. Journal of Plant Registrations. https://doi.org/10.1002/plr2.20275.