{"id":134,"date":"2015-06-04T19:24:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/?p=134"},"modified":"2015-07-09T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:39:29","slug":"sugarcane-aphids-and-other-pests-in-sorghum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/sugarcane-aphids-and-other-pests-in-sorghum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarcane Aphids and Other Pests in Sorghum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are finding several insect pests in sorghum fields including sugarcane aphids, sorghum midge and rice stink bugs.<a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/SCA-June-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/SCA-June-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"SCA June 3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/SCA-June-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/SCA-June-3.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have not been in a field where we did not find sugarcane aphids this week.\u00a0 Most fields have aphids on more than 80% of the plants but the populations have remained at 5-10 aphids per leaf.\u00a0 We are finding some fields with isolated leaves having more than 100 aphids as in this picture, but the rest of the leaves in this area of the field had only 1-5 aphids.<\/p>\n<p>We are finding midge and rice stink bugs in blooming sorghum.\u00a0 Use these links for determining the economic thresholds for your fields.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insects.tamu.edu\/extension\/apps\/sorghummidgecalculator\/index.php\">Sorghum Midge ET<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insects.tamu.edu\/extension\/apps\/sorghumricestinkbug\/index.php\">Rice Stink Bug ET<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insects.tamu.edu\/extension\/apps\/sorghumheadwormcalculator\/index.php\">Sorghum Headworm ET<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If sorghum midge populations rise above economic levels, treatment should be made with an understanding that the insecticide used may result in increased sugarcane aphid numbers.\u00a0 I suggest increased scouting for a week or two following any insecticide application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refugio County Crop Tours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June 10, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Morning Tour: Registration and breakfast at 7:00 a.m. at Canales Caf\u00e9 in Tivoli.<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon Tour: Registration at 4:00 p.m. at the Bonnie View Park.<\/p>\n<p>More information <a href=\"http:\/\/refugio.agrilife.org\/2015\/06\/03\/2015-refugio-county-crop-tour\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are finding several insect pests in sorghum fields including sugarcane aphids, sorghum midge and rice stink bugs. I have not been in a field where we did not find sugarcane aphids this week.\u00a0 Most fields have aphids on more than 80% of the plants but the populations have remained at 5-10 aphids per leaf.\u00a0 We are finding some fields with isolated leaves having more than 100 aphids as in this picture, but the rest of the leaves in this area of the field had only 1-5 aphids&#8230;. <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/sugarcane-aphids-and-other-pests-in-sorghum\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[25,24,23,6,22,7],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pest-management-news","tag-economic-threshold","tag-headworm","tag-rice-stink-bug","tag-sorghum","tag-sorghum-midge","tag-sugarcane-aphid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sugarcane Aphids and Other Pests in Sorghum - Mid-Coast IPM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/sugarcane-aphids-and-other-pests-in-sorghum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sugarcane Aphids and Other Pests in Sorghum - Mid-Coast IPM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are finding several insect pests in sorghum fields including sugarcane aphids, sorghum midge and rice stink bugs. 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