Sugarcane smut widespread and established in Queensland

Publication Date

Mon, 13 Nov 2006, 00:00

Last Updated

June 30, 2015, 5:07 a.m.

Report Number

AUS-02/2

Country

Australia

Pest Id

Sporisorium scitamineum - (USTISC)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Present: only in some areas

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Present: not widely distributed and under official control

Geographical Distribution

MacKay, north Queensland, Australia

Summary

Confirmation that sugarcane smut is present in North Queensland has changed the response to the outbreak of sugarcane in Queensland. Sugarcane smut was previously identified in the Bundaberg-Isis area of south Queensland in June 2006. It is now considered widespread and established in Queensland and is no longer being addressed as a biosecurity eradication and containment program that resulted from the Bundaberg-Isis outbreak

Danger

Change in response to sugarcane smut following detections of sugarcane smut in MacKay, north Queensland

Contact for info

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

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Issue keywords

Pest status:Present/Presence Spread

Commodity keywords