1984年和1985年春季,在伊斯兰堡国家农业研究中心田间生长的甘蔗上发现了细菌性条纹病,此病由Xanthomonas rabrilineans (Lee et al.) Starr and Burkholder引起。病害的发生从痕量到10％,症状在叶片上有窄而水渍状绿色条纹,并很快发展成轮廓明显的红色条纹。这些条纹开始很规则地出现在基部,条纹长宽不同可蔓延到顶端生长点,使全茎枯死。 Bacterial streak disease was found on sugar cane grown in the fields of the National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad in 1984 and the spring of 1985, caused by Xanthomonas rabrilineans (Lee et al.) Starr and Burkholder. Diseases ranged from trace levels to 10% with symptoms of narrow, water-stained green stripes on the leaves and quickly developed into clear-cut red streaks. These stripes begin to appear regularly in the base, the length and width of the stripes can spread to the top of the growth point, so that the whole stem dead.