Gummosis (Gumming Disease) of Sugarcane
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum
Sugarcanebacterial
A bacterial disease producing yellow streaking and gummy ooze from cut stalks.
Symptoms
Yellow leaf streaking and gummy bacterial ooze from cut stalks, with vascular yellowing.
Favorable conditions
- •Infected seed cane
- •Contaminated cutting tools
Management
- 1Plant resistant varieties
- 2Use disease-free seed cane
- 3Sanitize cutting tools
- 4Rotate crops
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