Biology:List of pearl millet diseases

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This article is a list of diseases of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum).

Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases
Bacterial spot Pseudomonas syringae
Bacterial leaf streak Xanthomonas campestris pv. pennamericanum
Bacterial leaf stripe Acidovorax avenae

Stem rot of Pearl Millet

||Klebsiella aerogenes

Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases
Bipolaris leaf spot Bipolaris setariae
Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora penniseti
Curvularia leaf spot Curvularia penniseti
Dactuliophora leaf spot Dactuliophora elongata
Downy mildew Sclerospora graminicola
Downy mildew Plasmopara penniseti
Drechslera leaf spot Drechslera dematioidea
Ergot Claviceps fusiformis
Exserohilum leaf blight Exserohilum rostratum
False mildew Beniowskia sphaeroidea
Head mold Various fungi
Myrothecium leaf spot Myrothecium roridum
Phyllosticta leaf blight Phyllosticta penicillariae
Pyricularia leaf spot Pyricularia grisea
Rhizoctonia blight Rhizoctonia solani

Rhizoctonia zeae

Rust Puccinia substriata var. indica
Seedling blight Various fungi
Smut Moesziomyces penicillariae
Southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii
Top rot Fusarium moniliforme
Zonate leaf spot Gleocercospora sorghi

Viral diseases

Viral diseases
Black streaked dwarf virus
Guinea grass mosaic virus
Maize dwarf mosaic virus
Maize streak virus
Panicum mosaic virus
Satellite panicum mosaic virus
Wheat streak mosaic virus

Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic
Burrowing nematode

Radopholus similis

Cyst nematode

Heterodera gambiensis

Dagger nematode

Xiphinema americanum

Lance nematode

Hoplolaimus indicus

Panagrolaimus nematode

Panagrolaimus spp.

Ring nematode

Criconemella ornata

Root knot nematode

Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne javonica
Meloidogyne arenaria

Root lesion nematode

Pratylenchus mulchandi
Pratylenchus brachyurus
Pratylenchus zeae

Sting nematode

Belonolaimus longicaudatus

Stubby-root nematode

Paratrichodorus minor

Stunt nematode

Tylenchorhynchus vulgaris
Tylenchorhynchus phaseoli
Tylenchorhynchus zeae

Insects

Insect pests include:[1]

Seedling pests
Stem borers
Leaf feeders
Sucking pests
Other pests

Africa

The larvae of several insect species, primarily belonging to the orders Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hemiptera, as well as Orthoptera adults, are persistent pearl millet pests in the Sahel.[3][4][5] The following pest species are reported for northern Mali.[6][7]

  • Coniesta ignefusalis (pearl millet stem-borer; Lepidoptera, Crambidae) attacks pearl millet, and also sorghum and maize, especially in the Sahel. It is the main pearl millet pest in Senegal.
  • Heliocheilus albipunctella (pearl millet head-miner; Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) attacks pearl millet. The larvae bore in a spiral path, destroying florets or grain.
  • Geromyia penniseti (millet grain midge): The larvae eat the developing grain and form white pupal cases attached to the tips of spikelets. Reported losses in Senegal are as high as 90 percent.
  • Pachnoda interrupta (millet beetle)
  • Psalydolytta fusca and Psalydolytta vestita (pearl millet blister beetle; Coleoptera, Meloidae) attack pearl millet. They are major millet pests in Mali.
  • Rhinyptia infuscata (Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Anomalini) is a nocturnal beetle, recorded as a locally important pest on millet flowers in Niger. Farmers in Niger often fight the species using fires set at night. It is also reported as sorghum pest in Senegal, and as a pest on maize, where the larvae attack the roots.
  • Sesamia calamistis (pink stem borer), especially in lowland forests. This species and the sugarcane borer (Eldana saccharina) are the primary pests of the pearl millet in Ivory Coast.[8]
  • gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae): millet grain midge (Geromyia penniseti), sorghum midge (Contarinia sorghicola), and African rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzivora).
  • Dysdercus volkeri (cotton-stainer; Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae) attacks flowers.

Grasshoppers that frequently attack millets in the Dogon country of Mali are Oedaleus senegalensis, Kraussaria angulifera, Cataloipus cymbiferus, and Diabolocatantops axillaris.[6]

In northern Ghana, Poophilus costalis (spittle bug) is reported as a millet pest, as well as Dysdercus volkeri, Heliocheilus albipunctella, Coniesta ignefusalis, and caterpillars of Amsacta moloneyi and Helicoverpa armigera.[9]

In northern Nigeria, heavy infestations of Hycleus species, including Hycleus terminatus (syn. Mylabris afzelli), Hycleus fimbriatus (syn. Mylabris fimbriatus), Hycleus hermanniae (syn. Coryna hermanniae), and Hycleus chevrolati (syn. Coryna chevrolati), have affected early plantings of pearl millet crops.[10]

Other regions

In South India, pests include the shoot fly Atherigona approximata.[11]

In North America, regular pests include the chinch bug Blissus leucopterus.[12][13][14][15][16]

See also

References

  1. Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246. 
  2. Meagher, R.L., Reed, C., Mills, R.B. 1982. Development of Sitophilus zeamais and Tribolium castaneum in whole, cracked, and ground pearl millet. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 55(1): 91–94.
  3. S. Krall, O. Youm, and S. A. Kogo. Panicle insect pest damage and yield loss in pearl millet.
  4. Jago, N. D. 1993. Millet pests of the Sahel: biology, monitoring and control. Chatham UK: Natural Resources Institute. 66 pp. ISBN:0-85954-349-8.
  5. Matthews, M. and N. D. Jago. 1993. Millet pests of the Sahel: an identification guide. Chatham UK: Natural Resources Institute. (80 p.) ISBN:0-85954-331-5.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Heath, Jeffrey. "Guide to insects, arthropods, and molluscs of northern Dogon country". https://dogonlanguages.org/sources/insectarthropodmolluscnotesmalijh. 
  7. Ruparao T. Gahukar, Gadi V. P. Reddy. Management of Economically Important Insect Pests of Millet. Journal of Integrated Pest Management (2019) 10(1): 28; 1–10 https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz026
  8. Bekoye, B. M., and A. Dadie. 2015. Evaluation des pertes en grains de mil dues aux insectes. Eur. Sci. J. 11: 266–275.
  9. Tanzubil, Paul B. & Emmanuel A. Yakubu (1997). Insect pests of millet in Northern Ghana. 1. Farmers' perceptions and damage potential. International Journal of Pest Management, 43:2, 133-136. doi:10.1080/096708797228825
  10. Lale, N. E. S., and B. M. Sastawa. 2000. Evaluation of host plant resistance, sowing date modification and intercropping as methods for the control of Mylabris and Coryna species (Coleoptera: Meloidae) infesting pearl millet in the Nigerian Sudan savanna. J. Arid Environ. 46: 263–280.
  11. Natarajan, V. S., V. D. G. Raja, and S. Anavardham. 1973. Extent of damage caused by shoot fly (Atherigona approximate) on bajra hybrid. Madras Agric. J. 60: 584–585.
  12. Buntin, G. D., X. Ni, and J. P. Wilson. 2007. Chinch bug control in pearl millet for grain production. Arthropod. Manag. Tests 32: F41.
  13. Ni, X., J. P. Wilson, J. A. Rajewski, G. D. Buntin, and I. Dweikat. 2007. Field screening of pearl millet for chinch bug (Heteroptera: Blissidae) resistance. J. Entomol. Sci. 42: 467–480.
  14. Rajewski, J. A., X. Ni, J. P. Wilson, and I. Dweikat. 2009. Evaluation of resistance to chinch bug in pearl millet in temperate and subtropical environments.
  15. Starks, K. J., A. J. Cassady, O. G. Merkle, and D. Boozaya-Angoon. 1982. Chinch bug resistance in pearl millet. J. Econ. Entomol. 75: 337–339.
  16. Wilson, J. P., B. Ouendeba, and W. W. Hanna. 2008. Diallel analysis of chinch bug damage to pearl millet. International Sorghum Millets Newsletter 41: 78–79.