The 3 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Finger millet, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

Growing Finger millet? The free Finger millet grow guide covers the crop from sowing to harvest.

Insect pests

• Spotted stem borerChilo partellusInsect · A moth whose caterpillars feed first in the whorl of young maize and sorghum, leaving rows of small holes in…

Fungal diseases

• Rice blastPyricularia oryzaeFungal disease · Rice blast is the most important disease of rice worldwide. The fungus makes diamond-shaped grey lesions on…

Parasitic plants

• Striga (purple witchweed)Striga hermonthicaParasitic plant · Striga is a parasitic weed that attaches to the roots of sorghum, maize, millet and upland rice and steals…