Sugarcane Rust and Other New Rust Diseases from El Salvador. John W. McCain, Graduate Assistant, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Joe F. Hennen, Professor and Curator of the Arthur Herbarium, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Plant Dis. 64:1120. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-1120.

Sugarcane rust, caused by Puccinia melanocephala, was seen for the first time in El Salvador in 1979. Eight other rust fungus diseases are reported for El Salvador for the first time.