growing regions. Since the associated pathogen has not been clearly established with the
disease, detailed studies were conducted to identify the fungal species by pathogenicity and
molecular variation. Selected 10 isolates of Fusarium associated with sugarcane wilt were
tested for their pathogenicity on the cv Co 86032 and among them the isolates Fs 032
TN4L2 and Fs 121 UP1 originated from Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, respectively had …