Cobb's disease
Cobb's disease
[′käbz di‚zēz] (plant pathology)
A bacterial disease of sugarcane caused by Xanthomonas vascularum and characterized by a slime in the vascular bundles, dwarfing, streaking of leaves, and decay. Also known as sugarcane gummosis.
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