Sugarcane smut is a fungal disease of sugarcane caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. The disease is known as culmicolous, which describes the outgrowth of fungus of the stalk on the cane. It attacks several sugarcane species and has been reported to occur on a few other grass species as well, but not to a critical amount. The most recognizable characteristic of this disease is a black or gray growth that is referred to as a "smut whip".[1] Resistance to sugarcane smut is the best course of action for management, but also the use of disease free seed is important. On smaller scale operations treatments using hot water and removing infected plants can be effective. The main mode of spore dispersal is the wind but the disease also spreads through the use of infected cuttings. Sugarcane smut is a devastating disease in sugarcane growing areas globally.[2]
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Sugarcanesmut is a fungal disease of sugarcane caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. The disease is known as culmicolous, which describes the...
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pathogens such as Smut, GSD, Mosaic, sugarcane borers, termite and white grub, Entomology and introducing parasitoids in sugarcane agro-ecosystem to combat...
potential (ratoon) productivity, increasing incidence of diseases (like smut, grassy shoot disease, and red rot) which result in stands with gaps (studies...
diseases. Those of economic importance include diseases of the leaf, smuts such as corn smut, ear rots and stalk rots. Northern corn leaf blight damages maize...
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rust (Puccinia kuehnii), smut (Sporisorium scitamineum) and others. One control method includes examining genotypes of sugarcane in order to select for...
millet include leaf and head blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea, smut disease caused by Ustilago crameri, and green ear caused by Sclerospora graminicola...
with favorable soils for growing highly valued Old World crops, such as sugarcane and coffee. Sugar had long been important to Old World populations and...
degree in June 1924 for his research work entitled ''Control of covered smuts of small grains''. Between January 1924 and May 1925 he worked at Iowa State...
Potential for Biological Control of Rottboellia cochinchinensis with the Head Smut Sporisorium ophiuri. The Journal of Applied Ecology, 34(2), 388. https://doi...
(pink stem borer), especially in lowland forests. This species and the sugarcane borer (Eldana saccharina) are the primary pests of the pearl millet in...
perceived as unjust by black farmers resulted in a series of arsons targeting sugarcane plantations. Organisations such as the ANC, the South African Communist...
Calcutta. They were transported as indentured labourers to work on the sugarcane plantations of Natal Colony, and, in total, approximately 200,000 Indians...
the vote". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2024. F. S. Crafford, Jan Smuts: A Biography (2005) p. 142 Norman Hillmer (11 December 1931). "Statute of...
of tebuconazole-resistant- isolates. Figs commonly suffer from Fig Smut here. Smut is caused by various Aspergillus spp. and relatives, including: Aspergillus...
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