List of sorghum diseases
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This article is a list of diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).
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[edit] Bacterial diseases
| Bacterial diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Bacterial leaf spot | Pseudomonas syringae |
| Bacterial leaf streak | Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola |
| Bacterial leaf stripe | Pseudomonas andropogonis |
[edit] Fungal diseases
| Fungal diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Acremonium wilt | Acremonium strictum = Cephalosporium acremonium |
| Anthracnose (foliar, head, root and stalk rot) | Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph] |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Crazy top downy mildew | Sclerophthora macrospora = Sclerospora macrospora |
| Damping-off and seed rot | Aspergillus spp. Exserohilium spp. |
| Ergot | Sphacelia sorghi Claviceps sorghi [teleomorph] |
| Fusarium head blight, root and stalk rot | Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella fujikuroi [teleomorph] |
| Grain storage mold | Aspergillus spp. Penicillium spp. |
| Gray leaf spot | Cercospora sorghi |
| Latter leaf spot | Cercospora fusimaculans |
| Leaf blight | Setosphaeria turcica Exserohilum turcicum [anamorph] = Helminthosporium turcicum |
| Milo disease (Periconia root rot) | Periconia circinata |
| Oval leaf spot | Ramulispora sorghicola |
| Pokkah Boeng (twisted top) | Gibberella fujikuroe var subglutinans Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans [anamorph] |
| Pythium root rot | Pythium spp. P. graminicola |
| Rough leaf spot | Ascochyta sorghi |
| Rust | Puccinia purpurea |
| Seedling blight and seed rot | Colletotrichum graminicola Exserohilum turcicum |
| Smut, covered kernel | Sporisorium sorghi = Sphacelotheca sorghi |
| Smut, head | Sphacelotheca reiliana = Sporisorium holci-sorghi |
| Smut, loose kernel | Sporisorium cruentum = Sphacelotheca cruenta |
| Sooty stripe | Ramulispora sorghi |
| Sorghum downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sorghi = Sclerospora sorghi |
| Tar spot | Phyllachora sacchari |
| Target leaf spot | Bipolaris cookei = Helminthosporium cookei |
| Zonate leaf spot and sheath blight | Gloeocercospora sorghi |
[edit] Nematodes, parasitic
| Nematodes, parasitic |
|
|---|---|
| Awl | Dolichodorus spp. |
| Dagger, American | Xiphinema americanum |
| Lesion | Pratylenchus spp. |
| Needle | Longidorus africanus and other species |
| Pin | Paratylenchus spp. |
| Reniform | Rotylenchus spp. |
| Ring | Criconemella spp. |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. |
| Spiral | Helicotylenchus spp. |
| Sting | Belonolaimus longicaudatus |
| Stubby-root | Paratrichodorus spp. P. minor |
| Stunt | Tylenchorhynchus spp. Merlinius brevidens |
[edit] Viral diseases
(Also a mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])
| Viral diseases |
|
|---|---|
| Maize chlorotic dwarf | Maize chlorotic dwarf virus |
| Maize dwarf mosaic | Maize dwarf mosaic virus |
| Sugarcane mosaic | Sugarcane mosaic virus |
| Yellow sorghum stunt | Yellow sorghum stunt MLO |
