This article is a list of diseases of
sugarcane (''Saccharum'' spp. hybrids).
Bacterial diseases
Fungal diseases
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Nematodes, parasitic
Viral diseases
Protozoan diseases
Phytoplasma diseases
Phytoplasma
Phytoplasmas are obligate intracellular parasites of plant phloem tissue and of the insect vectors that are involved in their plant-to-plant transmission. Phytoplasmas were discovered in 1967 by Japanese scientists who termed them mycoplasma-lik ...
s were previously known as 'mycoplasma-like organisms' (MLOs).
[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.]
Unsure causal agent diseases
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Ramu stunt disease
The Ramu stunt disease is a disease of the sugarcane widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but not detected in Australia. ''Eumetopina flavipes'', the island sugarcane planthopper, is a species of planthopper present throughout South East Asia ...
, a disease widespread throughout Papua New Guinea, but not detected in Australia
References
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
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