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

Date de publication

ven, 11 Déc 2009, 00:00

Dernière mise à jour effectuée le

juin 23, 2023, 6:33 matin

Report Number

AUS-27/3

Pays

Australia

Identité de l'organisme nuisible

Sporisorium scitamineum - (USTISC)

Situation du signalement

Final

Hôtes

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

Distribution géographique

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

Résumé

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

Danger

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.

Contact pour demandes d'information

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

Fichiers de rapports

Site web

Mots-clés associés au thème

Pest status:Present/Presence

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