Insect Pests of Sorghum, Sorghum bicolor

July 2014 ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium

Shoot bug, Peregrinus maidis

Sorghum stem borer, Chilo partellus

Spider mite, Oligonychus indicus

Sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata

Midge, Stenodiplosis

sorghicola

Head bug, Calocoris angustatus

Head caterpillar,

Helicoverpa armigera

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Aphid damage Corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis

Sorghum crop damaged by shoot fly Normal growing plants are protected with thiamethoxam

HC Sharma, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Telangana, India. Email: h.sharma@cgiar.org