Sporisorium scitamineum

TaxID: 49012

Basic Information

Sporisorium scitamineum

Smut of Sugarcane

Sugarcane smut is a fungal disease of sugarcane caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum. The disease is known as culmicolous, which describes the outgrowth of fungus of the stalk on the cane. It attacks several sugarcane species and has been reported to occur on a few other grass species as well, but not to a critical amount. The most recognizable characteristic of this disease is a black or gray growth that is referred to as a "smut whip". Resistance to sugarcane smut is the best course of action for management, but also the use of disease free seed is important. On smaller scale operations treatments using hot water and removing infected plants can be effective. The main mode of spore dispersal is the wind but the disease also spreads through the use of infected cuttings. Sugarcane smut is a devastating disease in sugarcane growing areas globally.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Ustilaginomycetes

Ustilaginales

Ustilaginaceae

Sporisorium

scitamineum

Undefined

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (1 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Saccharum officinarum Host

Quarantine Status (9 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Bahrain A1 list 2003
Egypt Regulated non-quarantine pest 2018
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Oman Absent —
Papua New Guinea Present —
Qatar Absent —

Distribution (77 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present
Barbados Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_000772675.1 Scaffold 19 129 823 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR34729205 - - - 32624586 China:Guangdong
SRR34729204 - - - 31012762 China:Guangdong
SRR34729203 - - - 25161072 China:Guangdong

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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Literature