EPPO Global Database

Sorghum x almum(SORAL)

Pests

Organism Type
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (as Sorghum) (PHMPOM) Experimental
* Lyda SD, 1978. Ecology of Phymatotrichum omnivorum. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 16, 193–209. Available
online: http://annurev.py.16.090178.001205
------- considered immune in fields, but can be infected in laboratory conditions.
Atherigona oryzae (as Sorghum) (ATHEOZ) Host
Bagrada hilaris (as Sorghum) (BAGRHI) Host
Busseola fusca (as Sorghum) (BUSSFU) Host
Diabrotica virgifera zeae (as Sorghum) (DIABVZ) Host
* Clark SM, LeDoux DG, Seeno TN, Riley EG, Gilbert AJ, Sullivan JM (2004) Host plants of leaf beetle species occurring in the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication 2, 615 pp.
------- Larval host.
Stenodiplosis sorghicola (as Sorghum) (CONTSO) Host
Sugarcane mosaic virus (SCMV00) Host
* Mollov D, Tahir MN, Wei C, Kaye C, Lockhart B, Comstock JC, Rott P (2016) First report of Sugarcane mosaic virus infecting Columbus grass (Sorghum almum) in the United States. Plant Disease 100(7), 1510.
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (as Sorghum) (ARGPLE) Host