This article is a list of diseases of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids).
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Lesion | Pratylenchus spp. |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. |
| Spiral | Helicotylenchus spp. Rotylenchus spp. Scutellonema spp. |
| Viral diseases | |
|---|---|
| Dwarf | |
| Fiji disease | |
| Mosaic | |
| Sereh | Sugarcane sereh disease (virus presumed) |
| Streak disease | Maize streak virus, sugarcane strain |
| Yellow Leaf | Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Virus |
Phytoplasmas were previously known as 'mycoplasma-like organisms' (MLOs).[3] [4]