List of sugarcane diseases

This article is a list of diseases of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids).

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Gumming disease	Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum
Leaf scald	Xanthomonas albilineans
Mottled stripe	Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans
Ratoon stunting disease	Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
Red stripe (top rot)	Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Banded sclerotial (leaf) disease	Thanatephorus cucumeris = Pellicularia sasakii Rhizoctonia solani [anamorph]
Black rot	Ceratocystis adiposa Chalara sp. [anamorph]
Black stripe	Cercospora atrofiliformis
Brown spot	Cercospora longipes
Brown stripe	Cochliobolus stenospilus Bipolaris stenospila [anamorph]
Downy mildew	Peronosclerospora sacchari = Sclerospora sacchari
Downy mildew, leaf splitting form	Peronosclerospora miscanthi = Sclerospora mischanthi Mycosphaerella striatiformans
Eye spot	Bipolaris sacchari = Helminthosporium sacchari
Fusarium sett and stem rot	Gibberella fujikuroi Fusarium moniliforme [anamorph] Gibberella subglutinans
Iliau	Clypeoporthe iliau = Gnomonia iliau Phaeocytostroma iliau [anamorph]
Leaf blast	Didymosphaeria taiwanensis
Leaf blight	Leptosphaeria taiwanensis Stagonospora tainanensis [anamorph]
Leaf scorch.	Stagonospora sacchari
Marasmius sheath and shoot blight	Marasmiellus stenophyllus = Marasmius stenophyllus
Myriogenospora leaf binding (tangle top)	Myriogenospora aciculispora
Phyllosticta leaf spot	Phyllosticta hawaiiensis
Phytophthora rot of cuttings	Phytophthora spp. Phytophthora megasperma
Pineapple disease	Ceratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa = Thielaviopsis paradoxa [anamorph]
Pokkah boeng (that may have knife cut symptoms)	Gibberella fujikuroi Fusarium moniliforme [anamorph] Gibberella subglutinans
Red leaf spot (purple spot)	Dimeriella sacchari
Red rot	Glomerella tucumanensis = Physalospora tucumanensis Colletotrichum falcatum [anamorph]
Red rot of leaf sheath and sprout rot	Athelia rolfsii = Pellicularia rolfsii Sclerotium rolfsii [anamorph]
Red spot of leaf sheath	Mycovellosiella vaginae = Cercospora vaginae
Rhizoctonia sheath and shoot rot	Rhizoctonia solani
Rind disease (sour rot)	Phaeocytostroma sacchari = Pleocyta sacchari = Melanconium sacchari
Ring spot	Leptosphaeria sacchari Phyllosticta sp. [anamorph]
Root rots	Marasmius sacchari Pythium arrhenomanes Pythium graminicola Rhizoctonia sp. Unidentified Oomycete
Rust, common	Puccinia melanocephala = Puccinia erianthi
Rust, orange	Puccinia kuehnii
Schizophyllum rot	Schizophyllum commune
Sclerophthora disease	Sclerophthora macrospora
Seedling blight	Alternaria alternata Bipolaris sacchari Cochliobolus hawaiiensis Bipolaris hawaiiensis [anamorph] Cochliobolus lunatus Curvularia lunata [anamorph] Curvularia senegalensis Setosphaeria rostrata Exserohilum rostratum [anamorph] = Drechslera halodes
Sheath rot	Cytospora sacchari
Smut, culmicolous	Ustilago scitaminea
Target blotch	Helminthosporium sp.
Veneer blotch	Deightoniella papuana
White rash	Elsinoë sacchari Sphaceloma sacchari [anamorph]
Wilt	Fusarium sacchari = Cephalosporium sacchari
Yellow spot	Mycovellosiella koepkei = Cercospora koepkei
Zonate leaf spot	Gloeocercospora sorghi

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Bud proliferation	Undetermined
Bunch top	Undetermined
Cluster stool	Undetermined
Internal stalk necrosis	Undetermined
Leaf freckle	Undetermined
Leaf stipple
Multiple buds	Undetermined
Stem galls	Undetermined

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Lesion	Pratylenchus spp.
Root-knot	Meloidogyne spp.
Spiral	Helicotylenchus spp. Rotylenchus spp. Scutellonema spp.

Viral diseases

Viral diseases
Dwarf	Sugarcane dwarf virus
Fiji disease	Sugarcane Fiji disease virus
Mosaic	Sugarcane mosaic virus
Sereh	Sugarcane sereh disease (virus presumed)
Streak disease	Maize streak virus, sugarcane strain
Yellow Leaf	Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus

Protozoan diseases

Protozoan diseases
Chlorotic streak	Phytocercomonas venanatans^[1]^[2]

Phytoplasma diseases

Phytoplasmas were previously known as 'mycoplasma-like organisms' (MLOs).^[3]^[4]

Phytoplasma diseases
Grassy Shoot (SCGS), Leaf Chlorosis, Early Bud Sprouting,	Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Phytoplasma related to 'Candidatus Phytoplasma sacchari',^[5]

Unsure causal agent diseases

Ramu stunt disease, a disease widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but not detected in Australia

References

^ Ngo, Chuong N.; Braithwaite, Kathryn S.; Bass, David; Young, Anthony J.; Croft, Barry J. (April 2018). "Phytocercomonas venanatans, a New Species of Cercozoa Associated with Chlorotic Streak of Sugarcane". Phytopathology. 108 (4): 479–486. doi:10.1094/phyto-07-17-0237-r. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 29256830.
^ Braithwaite, Kathryn S.; Ngo, Chuong N.; Croft, Barry J. (April 2018). "Confirmation that the Novel Cercozoa Phytocercomonas venanatans Is the Cause of the Disease Chlorotic Streak in Sugarcane". Phytopathology. 108 (4): 487–494. doi:10.1094/phyto-07-17-0236-r. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 29153051.
^ Nasare, Kanchan; Yadav, Amit; Singh, Anil K.; Shivasharanappa, K. B.; Nerkar, Y. S.; Reddy, V. S. (2007). "Molecular and Symptom Analysis Reveal the Presence of New Phytoplasmas Associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Disease in India". Plant Disease. 91 (11): 1413–1418. doi:10.1094/PDIS-91-11-1413. PMID 30780751.
^ Rao, G. P. and Ford, R. E. (2000) Vectors of virus and Phytoplasma diseases of Sugarcane: An Overview. In: Sugarcane Pathology, Vol. III. Virus and Phytoplasma diseases, G.P. Rao, R.E. Ford, M. Tosic and D.S. Teakle (Eds) Science Publishers, Hamshere, USA, Pg: 265-314.
^ Kirdat, K; Tiwarekar, B; Thorat, V; Sathe, S; Shouche, Y; Yadav, A (January 2021). "'Candidatus Phytoplasma sacchari', a novel taxon - associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) disease". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71 (1). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004591. PMID 33289626. S2CID 227948269.

External links

Common Names of Diseases: Sugarcane diseases, The American Phytopathological Society
List of Sugarcane Diseases, Ikisan agricultural portal
Diseases in Sugarcane, Sugarcane Handbook, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

[1] Ngo, Chuong N.; Braithwaite, Kathryn S.; Bass, David; Young, Anthony J.; Croft, Barry J. (April 2018). "Phytocercomonas venanatans, a New Species of Cercozoa Associated with Chlorotic Streak of Sugarcane". Phytopathology. 108 (4): 479–486. doi:10.1094/phyto-07-17-0237-r. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 29256830.

[2] Braithwaite, Kathryn S.; Ngo, Chuong N.; Croft, Barry J. (April 2018). "Confirmation that the Novel Cercozoa Phytocercomonas venanatans Is the Cause of the Disease Chlorotic Streak in Sugarcane". Phytopathology. 108 (4): 487–494. doi:10.1094/phyto-07-17-0236-r. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 29153051.

[SCGS_India_VSI-3] Nasare, Kanchan; Yadav, Amit; Singh, Anil K.; Shivasharanappa, K. B.; Nerkar, Y. S.; Reddy, V. S. (2007). "Molecular and Symptom Analysis Reveal the Presence of New Phytoplasmas Associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Disease in India". Plant Disease. 91 (11): 1413–1418. doi:10.1094/PDIS-91-11-1413. PMID 30780751.

[SCGS_General_One-4] Rao, G. P. and Ford, R. E. (2000) Vectors of virus and Phytoplasma diseases of Sugarcane: An Overview. In: Sugarcane Pathology, Vol. III. Virus and Phytoplasma diseases, G.P. Rao, R.E. Ford, M. Tosic and D.S. Teakle (Eds) Science Publishers, Hamshere, USA, Pg: 265-314.

[5] Kirdat, K; Tiwarekar, B; Thorat, V; Sathe, S; Shouche, Y; Yadav, A (January 2021). "'Candidatus Phytoplasma sacchari', a novel taxon - associated with Sugarcane Grassy Shoot (SCGS) disease". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71 (1). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004591. PMID 33289626. S2CID 227948269.

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