Two dangerous diseases, named sugarcane white leaf (SCWL) and sugarcane grassy shoot (SCGS), were posing a threat to cane cultivation, according to the Sugar Cane Research Institute (SCRI).

SCRI Chairman, S. K. C. Suduwella said that incidents of Grassy shoot disease had been found on some sugarcane cultivations in Sri Lanka. The prevalence however was less severe than it could potentially be.