• Source: List of sorghum diseases

This article is a list of diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).




Bacterial






Fungi






Nematodes






Viruses






Phytoplasma






Insects


Insect pests include:




= Root feeders

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White grubs
Holotrichia serrata
Lachnosterna consanguinea
wireworms (Elateridae, Tenebrionidae)
underground burrowing bugs, Stibaropus spp.
termites
Odontotermes spp.
Microtermes sp.
ants
Monomorium salomonis
Pheidole sulcaticeps




= Seedling pests

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shoot fly, Atherigona soccata
cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon




= Stem borers and leaf feeders

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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

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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

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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

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Sitophilus spp. (attacks stored grains)




= Africa

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The following pest species are reported for sorghum crops in northern Mali.

Atherigona soccata (sorghum shoot fly, a major pest): The larvae cut the growing point of the sorghum leaf.
Agonoscelis pubescens is also reported as a sorghum pest.
Busseola fusca (maize stem-borer; Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) attacks maize and sorghum, and occurs especially at higher altitudes. It is a common pest in East Africa, but has also spread to West Africa.
Chilo partellus (spotted stem-borer; Lepidoptera, Crambidae): introduced, from East Africa but spreading. The larvae attack sorghum and maize. Present at low and mid altitudes.
Contarinia sorghicola (sorghum midge or cecidomyie du sorgho in French; Diptera, Cecidomyiidae): The adult resembles mosquitoes. Larvae feed on developing ovaries of sorghum grains.
Melanaphis sacchari (sugar cane aphid) attacks sorghum.
Sitophilus zeamais (maize weevil) and Sitotroga cerealella (Angoumois grain moth) attack stored sorghum and maize.




See also


List of insect pests of millets
List of pearl millet diseases




References



Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society (APS)

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