{"id":379,"date":"2016-05-12T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/?p=379"},"modified":"2016-05-12T16:34:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:34:02","slug":"mid-coast-grain-sorghum-insect-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/mid-coast-grain-sorghum-insect-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Coast Grain Sorghum Insect Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fields of grain sorghum in Calhoun, Refugio and Victoria Counties range from 6-7 leaf to mid-late bloom.\u00a0 The most important insects we are seeing are sorghum midge and aphids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sorghum midge<\/strong> are only pests of grain sorghum during bloom.\u00a0 <!-- Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed.\nWe filter the output of wp_title() a bit - see\nagriflex_filter_wp_title() in functions.php.\n--><!-- Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed.\nWe filter the output of wp_title() a bit - see\nagriflex_filter_wp_title() in functions.php.\n-->The adult sorghum midge is a 1.3-mm-long, fragile-looking, orange-red fly, with a yellow head, brown antennae and legs, and gray membranous wings. (<a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/sorghumipm\/insect-pests\/sorghum-midge\/\">Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_181\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/Sorghum-Midge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-image-181 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/Sorghum-Midge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sorghum Midge\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorghum Midge\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- Print the <title> tag based on what is being viewed.\nWe filter the output of wp_title() a bit - see\nagriflex_filter_wp_title() in functions.php.\n-->During the single day of adult life, each female lays about 50 yellowish-white eggs between the glumes of flowering spikelets of sorghum.\u00a0 Larvae complete development in nine to eleven days and pupate between the glumes of the spikelet.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/use.typekit.com\/thu0wyf.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ntry{Typekit.load();}catch(e\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>Sorghum midge larvae feed on the newly-fertilized ovary, preventing kernel development and causing direct grain loss. 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To do so, fields should be inspected at mid-morning when the temperature reaches approximately 80\u00b0 F, when sorghum midge adults are most abundant on flowering sorghum panicles. Because adult sorghum midge live less than one day, a new brood is present each day. Sorghum midge abundance should be monitored almost daily during panicle flowering. Sorghum midge adults crawl on or fly about flowering panicles. The easiest and most efficient way to detect and count sorghum midge is carefully inspecting of all sides of randomly-selected flowering panicles. Panicles should be handled carefully to avoid disturbing ovipositing sorghum midges. Other methods, such as placing a clear plastic bag or jar over the panicle as a trapping device, can be used.<\/p>\n<p>Other insect pests to check in headed sorghum include stink bugs and<a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/Rice-Stink-Bug001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2015\/06\/Rice-Stink-Bug001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rice Stink Bug001\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> headworms.\u00a0 Check for stink bugs and headworms using a bucket to beat the heads into.\u00a0 By checking 10-20 heads at 5-10 spots in a field, you can get a good idea of their population.\u00a0 Watch a quick &#8220;How to Scout Sorghum&#8221; video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kEmNfkId3Es&amp;feature=youtu.be\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have good economic thresholds for sorghum midge, rice stink bugs and headworms at the links below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bug.tamu.edu\/apps\/sorghumricestinkbug\/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>In addition to sorghum midge, we are finding low numbers of sugarcane and yellow sugarcane aphids in many sorghum fields.\u00a0 The<strong> Yellow Sugarcane Aphids<\/strong> are being found on lower leaves of the plant.\u00a0 In most cases, you can find them by looking for yellow leaves.\u00a0 If the sorghum plants are beyond 6-7 leaf, I doubt economic losses will occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sugarcane aphids<\/strong> are being found in some fields, but I have yet to find populations greater than 5-10 aphids per leaf.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/02\/ar1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-350 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/02\/ar1-1-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"ar1\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/02\/ar1-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2016\/02\/ar1-1.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Robert Bowling has found a field south of Corpus Christi containing aphids and honeydew on the southern border of the field.\u00a0 But these aphids were not found in concerning populations beyond the first few rows.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sugarcane Aphid Treatment Decision Tool for Sorghum<\/span> (<a href=\"http:\/\/agrilifecdn.tamu.edu\/coastalbend\/files\/2016\/01\/Sugarcane-Aphid-Treatment-Evaluation-Tool-for-Sorghum-Instructions-Booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Instructions<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/agrilifecdn.tamu.edu\/coastalbend\/files\/2016\/01\/Sugarcane-Aphid-Treatment-Decision-Tool-for-Sorghum-2-26-2016.xlsx\">Decision Tool<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In the past 3 years, fields reaching economic levels of sugarcane aphids have only been found sporatically.\u00a0 Many fields have not required any insecticide applications to prevent yield losses or harvest difficulties.\u00a0 If field needs to be sprayed and the adjacent field often does not.\u00a0 Check all fields weekly<\/p>\n<p>As always, I am looking for fields to conduct field trials.\u00a0 If you have any of these insects at treatable levels, call me <strong>(361-920-1138)<\/strong> and I can bring my spray rig to conduct a trial.\u00a0 All I need of you is to leave a small part of the field untreated.\u00a0 Usually I can conduct a trial in a part of the field 24 rows by 300 feet; preferably on the downwind part of the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fields of grain sorghum in Calhoun, Refugio and Victoria Counties range from 6-7 leaf to mid-late bloom.\u00a0 The most important insects we are seeing are sorghum midge and aphids. 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