First report of sugarcane aphid on grain sorghum in Kansas
An old pest is back and has a new name. Sorghum aphids, formerly called sugarcane aphids, are showing up in Kansas fields. Grain sorghum producers should be scouting their fields on a routine basis. Early detection is important, but treatments should be based on established thresholds.
Sorghum (sugarcane) aphids: A declining threat in Kansas
Sorghum (formerly sugarcane) aphids continue to decline as a threat to grain sorghum in Kansas. While region-wide biological control is now effectively maintaining populations below the economic threshold in the vast majority of fields, late-planted sorghum is at a higher risk of colonization.