August 2, 2016
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<p>Sugarcane aphids are being found in sorghum crops in the High Plains.</p>
They’re back.
Sugarcane aphid numbers are increasing rapidly in grain sorghum fields across the Texas High Plains.
Dr. Ed Bynum, AgriLife Extension entomologist, says sugarcane aphid populations in the South Plains have reached economic thresholds. Infestations in the field can be just a few aphids to a thousand or more aphids per plant.
Infestations were found Aug. 1 in sorghum silage trials near Bushland, and there was a report of aphids in an Ochiltree County field, he says.