Extension
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| 1051 - Commercial Horticulture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1051.1) | 10 |
Number of participants engaged in commercial horticulture programming |
Author: Stacy White
Major Program: Commercial Horticulture
Sugarcane aphid is a new pest of sorghum in the U.S.; it was first reported in Texas in 2013 and reached Fulton County, Kentucky in 2015. This aphid builds up rapidly on sorghum and can kill plants through removal of plant sap with its piercing-sucking mouthparts. Their numbers can double every 1 1/2 days. In late summer of 2017 sweet sorghum growers in Bell County realized there was a problem. Their cane fields were turning purple and dying. After field visits the ANR a
