This article is a list of diseases of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids).
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseasesGumming diseaseXanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorumLeaf scald Xanthomonas albilineansMottled stripe Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicansRatoon stunting disease Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyliRed stripe (top rot) Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae
Fungal diseases
Fungal diseasesBanded sclerotial (leaf) disease Thanatephorus cucumeris Pellicularia sasakii Rhizoctonia solani [anamorph]Black rot Ceratocystis adiposa Chalara sp. [anamorph]Black stripeCercospora atrofiliformisBrown spot Cercospora longipesBrown stripe Cochliobolus stenospilus Bipolaris stenospila [anamorph]Downy mildewPeronosclerospora sacchari Sclerospora sacchariDowny mildew, leaf splitting form Peronosclerospora miscanthi Sclerospora mischanthi Mycosphaerella striatiformansEye spot Bipolaris sacchari Helminthosporium sacchariFusarium sett and stem rot Gibberella fujikuroi Fusarium moniliforme [anamorph] Gibberella subglutinansIliau Clypeoporthe iliau Gnomonia iliau Phaeocytostroma iliau [anamorph]Leaf blastDidymosphaeria taiwanensisLeaf blightLeptosphaeria taiwanensis Stagonospora tainanensis [anamorph]Leaf scorch.Stagonospora sacchariMarasmius sheath and shoot blight Marasmiellus stenophyllus Marasmius stenophyllusMyriogenospora leaf binding (tangle top) Myriogenospora aciculisporaPhyllosticta leaf spot Phyllosticta hawaiiensisPhytophthora rot of cuttings Phytophthora spp. Phytophthora megaspermaPineapple disease Ceratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa Thielaviopsis paradoxa [anamorph]Pokkah boeng (that may have knife cut symptoms) Gibberella fujikuroi Fusarium moniliforme [anamorph] Gibberella subglutinansRed leaf spot (purple spot) Dimeriella sacchariRed 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 vaginaeRhizoctonia sheath and shoot rot Rhizoctonia solaniRind disease (sour rot) Phaeocytostroma sacchari Pleocyta sacchari Melanconium sacchariRing spot Leptosphaeria sacchari Phyllosticta sp. [anamorph]Root rots Marasmius sacchari Pythium arrhenomanes Pythium graminicola Rhizoctonia sp. Unidentified OomyceteRust, common Puccinia melanocephala Puccinia erianthiRust, orangePuccinia kuehniiSchizophyllum rot Schizophyllum communeSclerophthora disease Sclerophthora macrosporaSeedling blight Alternaria alternata Bipolaris sacchari Cochliobolus hawaiiensis Bipolaris hawaiiensis [anamorph] Cochliobolus lunatus Curvularia lunata [anamorph] Curvularia senegalensis Setosphaeria rostrata Exserohilum rostratum [anamorph] Drechslera halodesSheath rot Cytospora sacchariSmut, culmicolous Sporisorium scitamineumTarget blotch Helminthosporium sp.Veneer blotch Deightoniella papuanaWhite rashElsinoë sacchari Sphaceloma sacchari [anamorph]Wilt Fusarium sacchari Cephalosporium sacchariYellow spot Mycovellosiella koepkei Cercospora koepkeiZonate leaf spot Gloeocercospora sorghi
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
Miscellaneous diseases and disordersBud 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, parasiticLesion Pratylenchus spp. Root-knot Meloidogyne spp. Spiral Helicotylenchus spp. Rotylenchus spp. Scutellonema spp.
Viral diseases
Viral diseasesDwarfSugarcane dwarf virus Fiji diseaseSugarcane Fiji disease virus Mosaic Sugarcane mosaic virus Sereh Sugarcane sereh disease (virus presumed) Streak diseaseMaize streak virus, sugarcane strain Yellow LeafSugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus
Protozoan diseases
Protozoan diseasesChlorotic streakPhytocercomonas venanatans
Phytoplasma diseases
Phytoplasmas 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.
Phytoplasma diseases Grassy Shoot (SCGS), Leaf Chlorosis,Early Bud Sprouting, Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Phytoplasma related to 'Candidatus Phytoplasma sacchari',
Unsure causal agent diseases Ramu stunt disease, 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