insect pests of sorghum, sorghum bicolor
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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
ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium
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: [email protected]