GUMMING DISEASE |
Sugarcane
GUMMING DISEASE
|
Sugarcane
DISEASE:
Gumming disease
HOST:
Sugarcane
(Saccharum officinarum)
Symptoms include brownish red streaks on leaves with apical chlorosis. Streaks become necrotic with time. Plants are stunted with reddening of vascular bundles.
PATHOGEN:
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vasculorum
PATHOGEN SYNONYM:
Xanthomonas campestris pv. vasculorum