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Pests and Disea...

Sugarcane Wilt

Sugarcane Wilt

Symptoms The first symptom of the disease is visible in the canes of 4-5 month age. The canes may wither in groups. The affected plants are stunted with yell...

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Sugarcane Eye Spot

Sugarcane Eye Spot

Symptoms Symptoms are minute water-soaked spots that usually occur on young leaves Typical mature eyespot symptoms are characterized by a reddish-brown elliptical lesio...

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Smut Whip

Smut Whip

Symptoms Infected stools forms black soot Whip like stalks Grass like leaves Management Growing of resistant and moderate...

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Sugarcane Pokkah Boeng Disease

Sugarcane Pokkah Boeng Disease

Symptoms Chlorotic condition towards the base of the young leaves. Wrinkling, twisting and shortening of the leaves Malformation or distortion of the young l...

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Sugarcane Red Rot

Sugarcane Red Rot

Symptoms    On Stalks Brown or reddish brown colored stripes appear externally at nodal region (fig. below) Internal tissue has dul...

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Sugarcane Ratoon Stunting Disease (RSD)

Sugarcane Ratoon Stunting Disease (RSD)

Symptoms No external symptoms other than stunted growth. up and down” growth appearance of the canopy. There is a slow decline in varietal performance ...

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Sugarcane Pineapple Disease

Sugarcane Pineapple Disease

Symptoms Internal tissue turns red and eventually black with a characteristic pineapple odor Poor/patchy germination Infected stools Manage...

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Sugarcane Rust Disease

Sugarcane Rust Disease

Symptoms Small elongated yellowish spots on both sides of the Leaves. The spots increase in length, turn brown -orange- red in color The spots are more numer...

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Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SCMV)

Sugarcane Mosaic Virus (SCMV)

Symptoms Contrasting shades of green, often islands of normal green on a background of paler green or yellowish chlorotic areas on the leaf blade. Chlorotic areas are m...

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Sugarcane Smut

Sugarcane Smut

Symptoms Erect spindle leaves Emergence of smut whips Profuse tillering forming grass like stalks Management Regularly ro...

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