Halloween podcast special

Managing sorghum aphid

October 31, 2025

Managing Sorghum Aphid with Drs. Som Punnuri, Karen Harris-Shultz, Joseph Knoll, and Xinzhi Ni

Sorghum is an important crop in the United States, grown for grain, forage and bioenergy purposes. However, its production is facing several challenges due to abiotic and biotic factors with aphids emerging as a significant pest in last decade. Once considered a minor pest, sorghum aphids have become a major threat to sorghum cultivation due to susceptible varieties and insufficient pest management strategies.

In this episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, several experts share their insights on current research efforts and new methods to combat sorghum aphids.

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This episode is based on the Crop Science article, “Invasive Sorghum Aphid: A Decade of Research on Deciphering Plant Resistance Mechanisms and Novel Approaches in Breeding for Sorghum Resistance to Aphids”: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21301
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