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Sorghum Crop Insects A Presentation To IPM Course/FFS Participants
ByMr. Allah Dad Khan
Provincial Coordinator IPM KPK For MINFAL Pakistan
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Symptom of damage: Dead Heart
The maggot bores inside the stem and cuts the growing point
Central shoots dried and produce “dead heart” symptom
The infested plant produces side tillers
Shootfly: Atherigona varia soccata
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Red mining Side Tillers
Shootfly: Atherigona varia soccata
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Identification of the
pest:Egg: White, cylindrical, distal somewhat flattened
Adult: Whitish grey fly
Shootfly: Atherigona varia soccata
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Symptom of damage Dead Heart
Withering and drying of central shoot “dead heart”
Red mining in the midrib, bore holes visible on the stem near the nodes
Tender folded leaves have parallel “shot hole”
Stem borer: Chilo partellus
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Holes on Nodes Shot Hole
Stem borer: Chilo partellus
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Identification of the pest:Egg Eggs
: Scale-like flat oval eggs in batches on the under surface of leaves near the midribs
Larva: Yellowish brown with a brown head and prothoracic shield
Adult: Moth is medium size, straw coloured
Stem borer: Chilo partellus
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Larva Pupa
Stem borer: Chilo partellus
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Adult
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Symptom of damage: Dead Heart
Central shoots dried and produce the dead hearts
Pink stem borer: Sesamia inferens
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Identification of the pest: Eggs
Egg: Bead like laid in rows within the leaf sheath
Larva: Pinkish brown with dark head
Adult: Straw coloured moth with white wing
Pink stem borer: Sesamia inferens
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Larva Pupa
Pink stem borer: Sesamia inferens
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AdultPink stem borer: Sesamia inferens
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Symptom of damage:Earheads
are partially eaten with chalky appearance
Feacal pellets are visible within the ear heads
Ear Head caterpillar: Helicoverpa armigera
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Identification of the pest: Eggs
Egg: Spherical in shape and creamy white in colour, laid singly
Larva: Shows colour variation from greenish to brown. It has dark brown grey lines on the body with lateral white lines
Pupa: Brown in colour, occurs in soil, leaf, pod and crop debris
Adult: Light pale brownish yellow stout moth. Forewings are olive green to pale brown with a dark brown circular spot in the centre. Hind wings are pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin
Ear Head caterpillar: Helicoverpa armigera
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Larva Pupa
Ear Head caterpillar: Helicoverpa armigera
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Ear Head caterpillar: Helicoverpa armigera
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Symptom of damage:Plants
Stunted and toppled leaves
become unhealthy stunted and yellow
The leaves wither from top downwards
Honeydew secreted by the bug causes growth of sooty mould on leaves
Panicle formation is inhibited and the plants die if attack is severe
The midribs of the leaves turn red due to egg-laying and may dry up subsequently
Shoot bug: Peregrinus maidis
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Shoot bug: Peregrinus maidis
Midrib with egg layings
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Identification of the pest: adults
Egg: Laid inside the leaf tissue and covered with a white waxy substance
Adult: Yellowish brown to dark brown with translucent wings
Shoot bug: Peregrinus maidis
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Symptom of damage: Chaffy Grains
Nymphs and adult suck the juice from within the grains when they are in the milky stage
Grains shrink and turn black in colour and ill filled (or) chaffy
Presence of large number of nymphs and adults are seen on the ear head
Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
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Holes on Earhead Discoloured Grains
Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
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Identification of the pest:Egg Eggs
: Blue cigar shaped, laid under the glumes or into the middle of the florets
Nymphs: Slender, green in colour
Adults: Male is green in colour, female is green with a brown margin
Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
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Nymph Pupa
Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
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Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
Adult
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Symptom of damage: Stage of infection
Pollen shedding due to egg laying
White pupal cases protruding out from the grains
Chaffy grains with holes
Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
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Identification of the pest: Adult:
Fly is small, fragile with a bright orange abdomen and a pair of transparent wings
Sorghum midge: Contarinia sorghicola
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