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Grain sorghum maturity ranges from boot to soft dough.\"Sorghum<\/a>\u00a0 Some fields are turning color. We are finding varying populations of\u00a0Sorghum Midge<\/strong> in fields ranging from 0-5 per head.\u00a0 Treatment thresholds are 0.5-1 midge per head depending on the number of flowering heads per acre.<\/p>\n

We are finding headworms<\/strong> in Refugio County sorghum fields ranging from 0-4 per head.\u00a0 Many of these are fall armyworms<\/strong>.\u00a0 The economic threshold for headworms ranges from 0.15 to 1 large worm (> 0.5 inch) per head.\u00a0 For medium worms (0.25-0.5 inch) the ET ranges 0.8 to 2 per head.\u00a0 If application is by air, you can almost double the ET.<\/p>\n

In fields with worms, we are also finding le\"Leaf-footed<\/a>af-footed bugs<\/strong>.\u00a0 For management, consider a leaf-footed bug as a stink bug.\u00a0 Rice stink bugs<\/strong> are still in low numbers.\u00a0 The threshold for treating stink bugs is from 0.5 to 0.85 per head. (0.75-1.25 if treating by air).<\/p>\n

Sugarcane aphids<\/strong> are being found in sorghum fields of the Mid-Coast.\u00a0 Isolated fields toward Seadrift are seeing increasing numbers with spots in the field 50-60 feet across with excessive honeydew and aphids above 500 per leaf. \"SCA<\/a><\/p>\n

Check all fields as often as possible.\u00a0 Treat when aphid populations average 50-100 per leaf in post bloom sorghum.\u00a0 Spraying parts of a field where aphids are found may be an effective strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grain sorghum maturity ranges from boot to soft dough.\u00a0 Some fields are turning color. We are finding varying populations of\u00a0Sorghum Midge in fields ranging from 0-5 per head.\u00a0 Treatment thresholds are 0.5-1 midge per head depending on the number of flowering heads per acre. We are finding headworms in Refugio County sorghum fields ranging from 0-4 per head.\u00a0 Many of these are fall armyworms.\u00a0 The economic threshold for headworms ranges from 0.15 to 1 large worm (> 0.5 inch) per head.\u00a0 For medium worms (0.25-0.5 inch) the ET… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":396,"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":[25,28,24,39,23,6,22,7],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pest-management-news","tag-economic-threshold","tag-fall-armyworm","tag-headworm","tag-leaf-footed-bugs","tag-rice-stink-bug","tag-sorghum","tag-sorghum-midge","tag-sugarcane-aphid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMid-Coast Grain Sorghum Update - 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\/mid-coast-grain-sorghum-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mid-Coast Grain Sorghum Update - Mid-Coast IPM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grain sorghum maturity ranges from boot to soft dough.\u00a0 Some fields are turning color. 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