List of sugarcane diseases

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

## Bacterial diseases[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Nematodes, parasitic

Lesion  |

Pratylenchus spp.

Root-knot  |

Meloidogyne spp.

Spiral  |

Helicotylenchus spp.
Rotylenchus spp.
Scutellonema spp.

## Viral diseases[edit]

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[edit]

Protozoan diseases

Chlorotic streak  | Phytocercomonas venanatans[1][2]

## Phytoplasma diseases[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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.
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.
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.

## External links[edit]

* 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