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Control Measures

Rust

Rust

 (Puccinia purpurea Cook)

 Symptoms

Loose Kernel smut

Loose kernel smut 

(Sporisorium cruentum)

Covered Kernel Smut

 Covered kernel smut 

(Sporisorium sorghi)

Symptoms

Long smut

Long smut

(Sporisorium ehrenbergii Vánky)

Symptoms

Head smut

Head smut

(Sporisorium reilianum (Kühn) Clinton)

Symptoms

Grain mold

Grain mold

(Caused by a complex of several fungal species)

 Symptoms

Leaf blight

Leaf blight

(Exserohilum turcicum (Pass.) KJ Leonard & EG Suggs)

 Symptoms

Sugary/Ergot disease

Ergot/sugary disease

(Sphacelia sorghi McRae)

Symptoms

Downy mildew of Sweet Sorghum

  Downy mildew of Sweet Sorghum

(Peronosclerospora sorghi [Weston and Uppal (Shaw)

Symptoms

Stalk rot/Charcoal rot of Sweet Sorghum

Stalk rot/Charcoal rot of Sweet Sorghum

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