Crop Name: Sugarcane

• The pathogen enters through cut ends of setts and infects the plants.
• It causes internal rotting, making the cane soft, black and water-soaked.
   

• Inner tissues of cane turn black
• Setts die before sprouting
• Rotten, foul smell from infected setts
   

• Use only healthy and certified seed cane
• Maintain proper soil drainage
• Use clean and disinfected cutting tools