Chapter 31. Natale Zummo. 1981. Pest management systems for sorghum diseases. Pages 563-574. In: David Pimentel (editor). 1981. CRC Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture. Volume 3, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 656 pages.

Keywords:

Diseases: head smut Sphacelotheca reiliana, long smut Tolyposporium ehrenbergii,

Seed and seedling diseases: Fusarium moniliforme, Phoma sorghina, Sclerotium rolfsii Aspergillus niger,

Root and stalk rots: Fusarium oxysporum, Trichoderma harzianum, F. moniliforme, Curvularia lunata, Macrophomina phaseoli, Penicillium funiculosum, Rhizopus stolonifera, Aspergillus niger,

Helminthsoporium halodes, Sclerotium rolfsii, Verticillium sp., A. flavus, F. culmorum, Rhizoctonia solani, F. solani, Cunninghamella echinulata, Phoma sorghina, H. rostratum, Cephalosporium sp., Periconia macrospinosa, Nigrospora sp.

Anthracnose: Colletotrichum graminicola, also called stalk red rot, peduncle breakage

Charcoal rot: Sclerotium bataicola is serious in drought years

Fusarium stalk rot: Fusarium moniliforme, Cercospora sp.

Foliage diseases: sorghum downy mildew Peronosclerospora sorghi, green ear Sclerospora graminicola

Smut diseases: covered kernel smut Sphacelothera sorghi, long smut Tolyposporium ehrrenbergii,

Insecticide injury, sorghum mosaic virus,

Fusarium head blight Fusarium moniliforme