Foreword

Jean Claude Autrey

Introduction

Philippe Rott, Jean-Claude Girard, Jean Heinrich Daugrois

I. Sugarcane morphology, anatomy and physiology

Jean-Yves Hoarau

II. Diseases caused by bacteria

Bacterial chlorotic streak

Muqing Zhang, Meilin Li

Bacterial leaf wilt

San-Ji Gao

Bacterial mottle

Barry J. Croft

False red stripe

Eder A. Giglioti, Sizuo Matsuoka, revised by Philippe Rott

Grassy shoot/White leaf

Govind Pratap Rao, Rasappa Viswanathan

Green grassy shoot

Robert C. Magarey, Suchirat Sakuanrungsirikul

Gumming

A. Salem Saumtally, Asha Dookun-Saumtally

Leaf scald

Philippe Rott, Michael J. Davis, revised by Philippe Rott and Jean Heinrich Daugrois

Leaf yellows

Asha Dookun-Saumtally, Nawshad Joomun

Mottled stripe

A. Salem Saumtally

Ratoon stunt (Ratoon stunting)

Michael J. Davis, Roger A. Bailey, revised by Chuong N. Ngo

Red streak

Heshmatolah Rahimian

Red stripe (Top rot)

Philippe Rott, Michael J. Davis revised by María Francisca Perera and Romina Priscila Bertani

Spindle rot

A.S. Patil, revised by Chandramani Raj and Rasappa Viswanathan

Stalk bacterial soft rot

Baoshan Chen, Chengwu Zou

III. Diseases caused by fungi and fungus-like organisms

Australian basal stem, root and sheath rot

Barry J. Croft

Banded sclerotial disease

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Black leaf spot (Tar spot)

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Brown rust

Sushma Sood, Philippe Rott

Brown spot

A. Salem Saumtally, Sydney Sullivan, revised by A. Salem Saumtally

Brown stripe

Peter J.L. Whittle, revised by Barry J. Croft

Downy mildew

Sidney Suma, Robert C. Magarey, revised by Robert C. Magarey and Nicole Thompson

Dry top rot

Jack C. Comstock, revised by Jack C. Comstock and Sushma Sood

Exserohilum leaf spot

R. Selvakumar

Eye spot

Jack C. Comstock, revised by Jack C. Comstock and Sushma Sood

Floral smuts and ergot

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Fusarium diseases: Pokkah boeng and Fusarium sett and stem rot

Barry J. Croft

Leaf blight

W.H. Hsieh, J.C. Comstock, revised by Sushma Sood

Leaf scorch

Ching-Shiou Lee, Yaw-Guang Liang, revised by Andre B. Gama

Marasmius basal stem, root and sheath rot

Barry J. Croft

Orange rust

Robert C. Magarey, revised by Robert C. Magarey and Sushma Sood

Pachymetra root rot

Barry J. Croft, Alison S. Jensen

Pineapple sett rot (Previously known as Pineapple disease)

Jean-Claude Girard, Philippe Rott

Pythium root rot

Jeffrey W. Hoy

Ramu orange leaf

Robert C. Magarey, Sidney Suma

Red leaf spot (Purple spot)

Barry J. Croft

Red rot

R.P. Singh, Sunita Lal, revised by Rasappa Viswanathan and Chandramani Raj

Red spot of the leaf sheath

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Rind disease and sour rot

Jack C. Comstock, Roger Bailey, revised by Sushma Sood

Ring spot

Barry J. Croft

Root and basal stem rot

Jing-Gwo Fang, Ching-Shiou Lee, revised by Lilik K. Putra

Sclerophthora stunt (Previously known as Sclerophthora disease)

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Sclerotium sheath rot (Previously known as Red rot of the leaf sheath)

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Sett and seedling rots

Shamsul A. Bhuiyan

Sheath rot

A. Salem Saumtally

Smut

Shamsul A. Bhuiyan

Sooty mould

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Tawny rust

Sharon McFarlane

Twisted leaf

Muqing Zhang, Yixue Bao

Veneer blotch

Sidney Suma, revised by Philippe Rott

White speck (White rash)

Claude Ricaud, revised by Andre B. Gama

Wilt

Govind Pratap Rao, Virendra P. Agnihotri, revised by Rasappa Viswanathan and Govind Pratap Rao

Yellow spot

Jean Claude Autrey, Salem Saumtally

Zonate leaf spot

Jack C. Comstock, revised by Jack C. Comstock and Sushma Sood

Minor fungal diseases

Philippe Rott, Jack Comstock, revised by Philippe Rott

IV. Diseases caused by protozoa

Chlorotic streak

Robert C. Magarey, Brian T. Egan, revised by Chuong N. Ngo

V. Diseases caused by viruses

Fiji leaf gall (Previously known as Fiji disease)

Barry J. Croft, Robert C. Magarey

Leaf fleck

Rasappa Viswanathan, Shweta Singh

Mild chlorotic streak

Philippe Rott, Jean Heinrich Daugrois

Mild mosaic

Ben E. Lockhart, Jean Claude Autrey, revised by Dimitre Mollov

Mosaic

Michael P. Grisham, revised by Philippe Rott

Ramu stunt

Dimitre Mollov, Robert C. Magarey

Red leaf mottle

Philippe Rott, Michèle Chatenet, revised by Philippe Rott and Jean Heinrich Daugrois

Streak

Philippe Rott, Michel Peterschmitt, revised by Jean Heinrich Daugrois and Philippe Rott

Streak mosaic

Jean Heinrich Daugrois, Philippe Rott

Striate mosaic

Barry J. Croft, John W. Randles, revised by Barry J. Croft and Nicole Thompson

Striation

Baoshan Chen, Ronghui Wen

Yellow leaf

Philippe Rott, Jean Heinrich Daugrois

Yellow mosaic

San-Ji Gao

VI. Sugarcane-associated viruses with unknown effect

Stephen Bolus, Jean Heinrich Daugrois

VII. Diseases of uncertain etiology

Apex rot

Philippe Rott, Jean Heinrich Daugrois

Dwarf

Robert C. Magarey

Leaf galls (Pseudo-Fiji leaf galls)

Claude Ricaud, revised by Philippe Rott

Leaf yellowing and internode stunt

Uriel Green, Philippe Rott

Ramu streak

Robert C. Magarey, Sidney Suma

VIII. Minor diseases of uncertain etiology

Philippe Rott, Jack Comstock, revised by Philippe Rott

IX. Plant-parasitic nematodes

Shamsul A. Bhuiyan

X. Nutritional, environmental and chemical disorders

Barry J. Croft

XI. Procedures for the safe movement of sugarcane germplasm

Roger A. Bailey, Jack C. Comstock, Barry J. Croft, Salem Saumtally, Philippe Rott, revised by Jean Heinrich Daugrois, Sharon A. McFarlane, Shamsul A. Bhuiyan, Romina P. Bertani and Nawshad Joomun

XII. Common names of sugarcane diseases and their causal agent(s)

Updated by Philippe Rott

XIII. Sugarcane producing countries-locations and their diseases

Compiled by Philippe Rott and Frédéric Mahé

List of authors