U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
12-1980
Citation
Science, New Series, Vol. 210, No. 4476 (Dec. 19, 1980), pp. 1365-1367
Abstract
A small coryneform bacterium was consistently isolated from sugarcane with ratoon stunting disease and shown to be the causal agent. A similar bacterium was isolated from Bermuda grass. Both strains multiplied in sugarcane and Bermuda grass, but the Bermuda grass strain did not incite the symptoms of ratoon stunting disease in sugarcane. Shoot growth in Bermuda grass was retarded by both strains.