EPPO Global Database

Sorghum x drummondii(SORSU)

Pests

Organism Type
Meloidogyne floridensis (MELGFL) Experimental
* Khanal C, Sagar GC, Harshman D (2024) Host suitability of summer cover crops and peach rootstocks to the peach root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne floridensis. Plant Disease 108(3), 582-586.
-------poor host in pot experiments.
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 undecimpunctata howardi (DIABUH) 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, 1-476.
------- Larval host. As Sorghum sudanense.
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.
Draeculacephala minerva (DRAEMI) Host
* Purcell AH, Frazier NW (1985) Habitats and dispersal of the principal leafhopper vectors of Pierce's disease bacterium in the San Joaquin Valley. Hilgardia 53(4), 1-32.
------- As Sorghum sudanense. Feeding host.
Elasmopalpus lignosellus (ELASLI) Host
* Gill HK, Capinera JL, McSorley R (2017) Featured Creatures. Lesser cornstalk borer. Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Insecta: lepidoptera: Pyralidae). University of Florida (US). http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/lesser_cornstalk_borer.htm

* Sandhu HS (2010) Biology and cultural control of lesser cornstalk borer on sugarcane. PhD thesis. University of Florida. https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/04/14/72/00001/sandhu_h.pdf
Helochara delta (HELHDE) Host
* Delong DM, Severin HHP (1949) Characters, Distribution, and Food Plants of Leafhopper Vectors of Virus Causing Pierce's Disease of Grapevines. Hilgardia 19, 171-186.
------- as Sorghum vulgare var,. sudanense
Heterodera zeae (HETDZE) Host
Meloidogyne ethiopica (MELGET) Host
* Gabriel M, Kulczynski SM, Belle C, Kirsch VG & Calderan-Bisognin A (2018) Reação de gramíneas forrageiras a Meloidogyne spp. e Pratylenchus brachyurus. Nematropica 48(2), 155-163.
-------As Sorghum sudanense. In experiments, cv. BRS Estribo was found to be a poor host
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Stenodiplosis sorghicola (as Sorghum) (CONTSO) Host
Thaumatotibia leucotreta (as Sorghum) (ARGPLE) Host
Chilo partellus (CHILZO) Wild/Weed