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- What are common diseases that affect sugarcane?
- What is sugarcane disease?
- What is the most destructive disease of sugarcane?
- How do you get rid of sugarcane pests?
- Is red rot sugarcane poisonous?
- Can you eat red rot sugarcane?
What are common diseases that affect sugarcane?
Viral Diseases of Sugarcane
| Sl.No | Disease Causal organism |
|---|---|
| 1. | Yellow leaf disease: Sugarcane yellow leaf virus (SCYLV) / Sugarcane yellow leaf phytoplasma (SCYP) |
| 2. | Sugarcane mosaic:Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV) / Sugarcane streak mosaic virus (SCSMV) |
| 3. | Leaf Fleck |
What is sugarcane disease?
Red rot. Wilt. Grassy shoot. Smut.
What is the most destructive disease of sugarcane?
Among all the diseases, fungal disease named red rot of sugarcane is the most threatening disease of sugarcane, rightly called as 'Cancer' of sugarcane. It causes severe loss in yield and quality of the sugarcane.
How do you get rid of sugarcane pests?
Insecticides, such as neem oil, or beneficial insects, such as ladybugs, are effective sugarcane pest control methods.
Is red rot sugarcane poisonous?
molecule can be considered as a toxin if the mole- cule produced by the pathogen causes damage to the host (Scheffer, 1983). The toxic compound isolated from C. falcatum RsK1 met these conditions - this compound pro- duced a red rot lesion in sugarcane similar with the symp- tom produced by the pathogen.
Can you eat red rot sugarcane?
Sugar cane is red because in the process of storage, fermentation phenomenon happened or is happening red rot, tip rot disease, and in the process of fermentation and disease will produce a variety of, eat the red sugar cane can produce poisoning symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, serious damage to health.
