#histopathological analysis

Histopathology of the whip-shaped sorus in sugarcane

Sugarcane smut is a fungal disease caused by Sporisorium scitamineum, which is responsible for losses in sugarcane production worldwide. Infected plants show a profound metabolic modification resulting in the development of a whip-shaped sorus composed of a mixture of plant tissues and fungal hyphae. Stages of soral development in the ‘RB925345’ sugarcane cultivar. (A) At 120 days after…