yellow stripe disease—a virus disease of sugarcane characterized by striping of the foliage:
- Sugar cane varieties have been imported which are resistant to the highly troublesome yellow-stripe disease.
yellow stripe rust—a rust of wheat, rye, barley, and other grains caused by a fungus:
- The main diseases to check for are yellow stripe rust (Puccinia glumarum) and stem rust (Puccinia gramminis).