Sugarcane smut

Sugarcane smut

Taxobox
name = Sugarcane smut
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Ustilaginomycetes
ordo = Ustilaginales
genus = "Sporisorium"
species = "S. scitamineum"
binomial = "Sporisorium scitamineum"
binomial_authority = (Syd.) M. Piepenbr., M. Stoll & Oberw. 2002
synonyms = "Ustilago scitaminea"

Sugarcane smut is a fungal disease of sugarcane caused by the fungus "Sporisorium scitamineum". It is sometimes known as culmicolous, which describes the outgrowth of fungus of the stalk of the cane.

ee also

* Smut (fungus)

References

*Comstock, J. C. and Lentini, R. S. [http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SC008 Sugarcane Smut Disease] , University of Florida


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