Information sheet : Green grassy shoot disease (GGSD)
Date
2022Metadata
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Green grassy shoot disease (GGSD)
was recognized for the first time in
Thailand in the mid-1990s. Caused by
a phytoplasma – a very small organism
that lives in the phloem of the vascular
bundles, the disease has caused serious
yield losses in Thailand and Vietnam.
GGSD is very similar to Grassy shoot
disease (GSD), first seen in India in the
1940s. In 2006, GGSD was recognized for
the first time in Vietnam and is currently
causing a major disease epidemic in that
country, particularly in Nghe An Province. If GGSD was introduced to Australia, it
could cause major yield losses to the
sugar industry. Issues such as diagnostic
techniques, resistant varieties and
alternative hosts require research.