C. W. Horne and R. A. Frederiksen, collators (last update 3/18/93)
BACTERIAL DISEASES
- Bacterial leaf spot
- Pseudomonas syringae van Hall
- Bacterial leaf streak
- Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola (Elliott) Dye
- Bacterial leaf stripe
- Pseudomonas andropogonis (Smith) Stapp
FUNGAL DISEASES
- Acremonium wilt
- Acremonium strictum W. Gams
- = Cephalosporium acremonium Auct. non Corda
- Anthracnose (foliar, head, root and stalk rot)
- Colletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) G.W. Wils.
- (teleomorph: Glomerella graminicola Politis)
- Charcoal rot
- Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich
- Crazy top downy mildew
- Sclerophthora macrospora (Sacc.) Thirumalachar et al.
- = Sclerospora macrospora Sacc.
- Damping-off and seed rot
- Aspergillus spp., Exserohilium sp., Fusarium spp., Penicillium spp., Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia spp., and other species.
- Ergot*
- Sphacelia sorghi McRae
- (teleomorph: Claviceps sorghi P. Kulkarni et al.)
- Fusarium head blight, root and stalk rot
- Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld.
- (teleomorph: Gibberella fujikuroi (Sawada) Ito in Ito &
K. Kimura)
- Fusarium spp.
- Grain storage mold
- Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp. and other species.
- Gray leaf spot
- Cercospora sorghi Ellis & Everh.
- Latter leaf spot
- Cercospora fusimaculans Atk.
- Leaf blight
- Setosphaeria turcica (Luttrell) K.J. Leonard & E.G. Suggs
- (anamorph: Exserohilum turcicum (Pass.) K.J. Leonard
& E.G. Suggs
- = Helminthosporium turcicum Pass.)
- Milo disease (Periconia root rot)
- Periconia circinata (M. Mangin) Sacc.
- Oval leaf spot*
- Ramulispora sorghicola E. Harris
- Pokkah Boeng (twisted top)
- Gibberella fujikuroe var subglutinans Edwards
- (anamorph: Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans
Wollenweb. & Reink.)
- Pythium root rot
- Pythium spp.
- P. graminicola Subramanian
- Rough leaf spot
- Ascochyta sorghi Sacc.
- Rust
- Puccinia purpurea Cooke
- Seedling blight and seed rot
- Colletotrichum graminicola (Ces.) G.W. Wils.
- Exserohilum turcicum (Pass.) K.J. Leonard and E.G. Suggs
- Fusarium moniforme J. Sheld.
- Pythium spp.
- P. aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp.
- Smut, covered kernel
- Sporisorium sorghi Link in Willd.
- = Sphacelotheca sorghi (Link) G.P. Clinton
- Smut, head
- Sphacelotheca reiliana (Kühn) G.P. Clinton
- = Sporisorium holci-sorghi (Rivolta) K. Vanky
- Smut, loose kernel
- Sporisorium cruentum (Kühn) K. Vanky
- = Sphacelotheca cruenta (Kühn) A.A. Potter
- Sooty stripe
- Ramulispora sorghi (Ellis & Everh.) Olive & Lefebvre in Olive et al.
- Sorghum downy mildew
- Peronosclerospora sorghi (W. Weston & Uppal) C.G. Shaw
- = Sclerospora sorghi W. Weston & Uppal
- Tar spot*
- Phyllachora sacchari P. Henn.
- Target leaf spot
- Bipolaris cookei (Sacc.) Shoemaker
- = Helminthosporium cookei Sacc.
- Zonate leaf spot and sheath blight
- Gloeocercospora sorghi Bain & Edgerton ex Deighton
NEMATODES, PARASITIC
- Awl
- Dolichodorus spp.
- Dagger, American
- Xiphinema americanum Cobb
- Lesion
- Pratylenchus spp.
- Needle
- Longidorus africanus Merny and other species
- Pin
- Paratylenchus spp.
- Reniform
- Rotylenchus spp.
- Ring
- Criconemella spp.
- Root-knot
- Meloidogyne spp.
- Spiral
- Helicotylenchus spp.
- Sting
- Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau
- Stubby-root
- Paratrichodorus spp.
- P. minor (Colbran) Siddiqi
- Stunt
- Tylenchorhynchus spp.
- Merlinius brevidens (Allen) Siddiqi
VIRUS DISEASES
(Also a mycoplasmalike organism [MLO])
- Maize chlorotic dwarf
- Maize chlorotic dwarf virus
- Maize dwarf mosaic
- Maize dwarf mosaic virus
- Sugarcane mosaic
- Sugarcane mosaic virus
- Yellow sorghum stunt
- Yellow sorghum stunt MLO
*Not known to occur naturally in the United States.
