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IPM - Sorghum Insect Thresholds

Pest

Growth Stage
Seedling
Whorl to boot
Head emergence to soft dough
Grasshoppers 5-8 per sq. yd.

 


Greenbug aphid 10-40 per plant 50-100 per plant 500 per plant
Cornleaf aphid

 

1000 per plant and plant dying

 

European corn borer

 

50% infested plants 50% infested plants
Fall armyworm

 

80% plants infested with 1 worm

50% plants infested with 2 or more

2 per head
Corn earworm

 

 

2 per head
Sorghum midge

 

 

1 per head
Sorghum webworm

 

 

3 per head
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