Quick Search Sorghum Diseases Posted byglobaladmin February 24, 2020 Leave a comment on Quick Search Sorghum Diseases Credits: Biovision-Infonet Anthracnose Anthracnose (Colletotrichum graminicola) on sorghum. Typical anthracnose symptoms are circular-elliptical dark spots, sometimes with a red pigmentation, which vary in size from 2 mm to more than 2 cm. The centre of mature lesions is straw-coloured and contains numerous fungal fruiting bodies (acervuli). Under humid conditions, on the spots , grey/cream/salmon-coloured spore masses are produced.(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): J.A. Frowd Damping-off diseases Damping-off disease (here on okra seedlings) (c) A.A. Seif & A.M. Varela, icipe Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus (MDMV) Maize dwarf mosaic caused by Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus (MDMV)(c) Scot Nelson, 2016 Covered Kernel Smut Covered kernel smut (Sporisorium sorghi) on sorghum(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): J. Kranz Loose Kernel Smut Loose kernel smut (Sphacelotheca cruenta) on sorghum(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): J. Kranz Head Smut Head Smut of Maize (Sphacelotheca reiliana)(c) CAB International Charcoal Rot Small, Sclerotia visible on the vascular bundles inside a maize stem, resulting from infection by charcoal stalk rot (Macrophomina phaseolina).(c) CIMMYT, 2006 Rust A sorghum rust infection (Puccinia purpurea) at this level can cause substantial reduction in yield.(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): D.C. Nowell Ergot Ergot (Claviceps africana) on sorghum crop(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): G. Odvody Leaf Blight Leaf blight (Helminthosporium turcicum) on sorghum(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): D.C. Nowell Crazy top downy mildew Crazy top downy mildew (Sclerospora graminicola)(c) Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org): J. Kranz