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PRO/PL> Orange rust, sugar cane – Mauritius
Other Plant Disease -- MauritiusOrange rust, caused by the fungus _Puccinia kuehnii_, was observed on 27 Mar 2018 at Reduit [town] on 6 months old plants of a non-commercial sugarcane variety M 2705/06. Its identity was thereafter confirmed. This variety also planted in trials at [the towns of] Valetta, Rose Belle, and Medine presented the same symptoms.Orange rust symptoms should not be confused with those of brown rust, caused by _Puccinia melanocephala_, that tends to affect young Read more [...]
