# 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 |

## Phytoplasma diseases

Phytoplasmas were previously known as 'mycoplasma-like organisms' (MLOs).
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