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Grade 12th passBotany

red rot of sugarcane is caused by
1-colletotrichum capaici
2-c.demantium
3- c. falcatum
4- c.graminicola

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
Causal Organism of Red Rot of SugarcaneRed rot of sugarcane disease is causedby Colletotrichum falcatum Went, the perfect stage of which is Glomerella tucumanensis (Speg.) Arx and Muller. There has been considerable difference in opinion as to the nature of the fungus that causes this disease.