Isolation and pathogenicity of the ratoon stunting disease bacterium

Ratoon stunting dlsease (RSD) a major sugar cane disease of worldwide importance, was first recognised in Australia in 194445'. In 1973, a small. coryneform bacterium was reported to be asrociated wlth RSD'*44. The bacterlum was observed In Infected plants and plant extracts, and workers In many countries have confirmed