“…It was reported that severe smut outbreak in the Caribbean has created an impact amongst cane growers and sugar industry. Consequently, the plantations are undertaking different smut management practices such as continued monitoring and rouging of smut affected stools, hot water treatment (at 50°C for 2 hours for initial seed cane nursery) of seed sets, chemical treatment of sets, use of resistant varieties, and avoidance of ratooning of affected fields (Abdou et al, 1990;Wada et al, 1999;Abera et al, 2009;Firehunet al, 2009;Mansour et al, 2016;Carvalho et al, 2016;Sánchez-Elordi et al, 2016 andLiu et al, 2017) Due to their core role in plant health, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidants Sutherland (1991) and Levine et al (1994) have shown a major role in plant pathogen interactions (Galal and Abdou, 1996;Adam et al, 2000;EL-Ashmony et al, 2017). Both acetic acid and hydrogen peroxide reacted as bactericides and fungicides against many phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi (Narcisoet al, 2007 andOsórioet al, 2013;Ayoub et al, 2017 and).…”