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Sugarcane smut caused by the fungus Sporisorium scitamineum is one of the major diseases of sugarcane worldwide, causing significant losses in productivity and profitability of this perennial crop. Teliospores of this fungus are air-borne, can travel long distances and remain viable in hot and dry conditions for more than six months. The disease is easily recognised by its long 'whip'-like sorus produced on the apex or side shoots of sugarcane stalks. Each sorus can release up to 100 million teliospores in a day; the spores are relat