This article is a list of diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).
Bacterial
Fungi
Nematodes
Viruses
Phytoplasma
Insects
Insect pests include:
Root feeders
Seedling pests
Stem borers and leaf feeders
- spotted stalk borer, Chilo partellus
- pink borer, Sesamia inferens
- armyworm, Mythimna separata
- Spodoptera exempta
- caterpillars Amsacta albistriga, Amsacta lactinea, Euproctis virguncula, Cnaphalocrocis patnalis, and Mocis frugalis
- chrysomelid leaf beetles Chaetocnema indica, Longitarsus spp., and Phyllotreta chotonica
- ash weevil Myllocerus undecimpustulatus maculosus
- grasshoppers, Nomadacris septemfasciata, Acrida exaltata, Aiolopus longicornis, Aiolopus simulatrix, Aiolopus thalassinus, Atractomorpha crenulata, Chrotogonus hemipterus, Diabolocatantops axillaris, Hieroglyphus banian, and Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus
- grasshopper Conocephalus maculatus (eastern India)
- grasshopper Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus (western India)
Sucking pests
- shoot bug Peregrinus maidis (transmits two viral diseases, maize mosaic virus (MMV) and maize stripe virus (MStpV))
- corn aphid Rhopalosiphum maidis
- sugarcane leafhopper Pyrilla perpusilla
- hemipterous bugs, Cletus punctiger, Dolycoris indicus, Empoasca flavescens, Lygaeus spp., Menida histrio, Nephotettix virescens, and Nezara viridula
- thrips, especially Caliothrips indicus, Sorghothrips jonnaphilus
Earhead pests
- sorghum midge Stenodiplosis sorghicola
- earhead bug Calocoris angustatus
- bugs, like Dysdercus koenigii and Nezara viridula
- lepidopteran caterpillars are found feeding on developing grains: Autoba silicula, Cryptoblabes gnidiella, Cydia spp., Conogethes punctiferalis, Ephestia cautella, Eublemma spp., Euproctis limbata, Euproctis subnotata, Helicoverpa armigera
- maize cob borer Stenachroia elongella, especially in east India
- beetle species, Chiloloba acuta, Mylabris pustulata, and Cylindrothorax tenuicollis
Grain pests
Africa
The following pest species are reported for sorghum crops in northern Mali.
Sitophilus zeamais (maize weevil) and Sitotroga cerealella (Angoumois grain moth) attack stored sorghum and maize.
See also
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