Sugar cane smut is now established in all sugarcane growing areas of Australia
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Fecha de publicación
Mar, 30 Jun 2015, 06:01
Última actualización
Jun. 30, 2015, 6:01 a.m.
Número del informe
AUS-27/1
País
Australia
Plaga identificada
Sporisorium scitamineum - (USTISC)
Estado del informe
Final
Hospederos
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )
Unknown
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
Chief Plant Protection Officer
Australian Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
[email protected]