Sugar cane smut is now established in all sugarcane growing areas of Australia

Fecha de publicación

Vie, 11 Dic 2009, 00:00

Última actualización

Jun. 23, 2023, 6:33 a.m.

Número del informe

AUS-27/3

País

Australia

Plaga identificada

Sporisorium scitamineum - (USTISC)

Estado del informe

Final

Hospederos

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Unknown

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and not under official control

Distribución geográfica

Sugarcane growing areas of Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales (NSW).

Resumen

Sugar cane smut is now considered to be established in all areas where sugarcane is grown in Australia.

Peligro

The first traces of sugar cane smut disease have been found in a cane crop in the Condong milling area of northern NSW. In preparation for the eventual arrival of the pest, the NSW sugar industry now has around 60% of the cane area planted with smut resistant and smut tolerant varieties.

Contacto para obtener más información

Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer Australian Government Department of Agriculture, GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia [email protected]

Archivos de informes

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Palabras claves del tema

Pest status:Present/Presence

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