List of sorghum diseases

This article is a list of diseases of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor).

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial leaf spot	Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial leaf streak	Xanthomonas campestris pv. holcicola
Bacterial leaf stripe	Burkholderia andropogonis

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Acremonium wilt	Acremonium strictum = Cephalosporium acremonium
Anthracnose (foliar, head, root and stalk rot)	Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph]
Charcoal rot	Macrophomina phaseolina
Crazy top downy mildew	Sclerophthora macrospora = Sclerospora macrospora
Damping-off and seed rot	Aspergillus spp. Exserohilium spp. Fusarium spp. Penicillium spp. Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia spp. and other species.
Ergot	Sphacelia sorghi Claviceps sorghi [teleomorph]
Fusarium head blight, root and stalk rot	Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella fujikuroi [teleomorph] Fusarium spp.
Grain storage mold	Aspergillus spp. Penicillium spp. and other species.
Gray leaf spot	Cercospora sorghi
Latter leaf spot	Cercospora fusimaculans
Leaf blight	Setosphaeria turcica Exserohilum turcicum [anamorph] = Helminthosporium turcicum
Milo disease (Periconia root rot)	Periconia circinata
Oval leaf spot	Ramulispora sorghicola
Pokkah Boeng (twisted top)	Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans [anamorph]
Pythium root rot	Pythium spp. Pythium graminicola
Rough leaf spot	Ascochyta sorghi
Rust	Puccinia purpurea
Seedling blight and seed rot	Colletotrichum graminicola Exserohilum turcicum Fusarium moniliforme Pythium spp. Pythium aphanidermatum
Smut, covered kernel	Sporisorium sorghi = Sphacelotheca sorghi
Smut, head	Sphacelotheca reiliana = Sporisorium holci-sorghi
Smut, loose kernel	Sporisorium cruentum = Sphacelotheca cruenta
Sooty stripe	Ramulispora sorghi
Sorghum downy mildew	Peronosclerospora sorghi = Sclerospora sorghi
Tar spot	Phyllachora sacchari
Target leaf spot	Bipolaris cookei = Helminthosporium cookei
Zonate leaf spot and sheath blight	Gloeocercospora sorghi

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Awl	Dolichodorus spp.
Dagger, American	Xiphinema americanum
Lesion	Pratylenchus spp.
Needle	Longidorus africanus and other species
Pin	Paratylenchus spp.
Reniform	Rotylenchus spp.
Ring	Criconemella spp.
Root-knot	Meloidogyne spp.
Spiral	Helicotylenchus spp.
Sting	Belonolaimus longicaudatus
Stubby-root	Paratrichodorus spp. Paratrichodorus minor
Stunt	Tylenchorhynchus spp. Merlinius brevidens

Phytoplasma and Viral diseases

Viral diseases
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 phytoplasma

References

• Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society