The 9 entries in Laisha's encyclopedia that attack Sugarcane, grouped by type. Each page covers identification, life cycle, the conditions that favour it, action thresholds and integrated management.

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Insect pests

• Fall armywormSpodoptera frugiperdaInsect · Fall armyworm is a moth whose caterpillars eat into the funnel of young maize and other grasses, leaving…
• Rice leaf folderCnaphalocrocis medinalisInsect · The rice leaf folder's caterpillar rolls a rice leaf lengthwise into a tube with silk and feeds inside,…
• Spotted stem borerChilo partellusInsect · A moth whose caterpillars feed first in the whorl of young maize and sorghum, leaving rows of small holes in…
• White grubs (root-feeding chafer larvae)Holotrichia consanguineaInsect · White grubs are the fat, C-shaped, cream-coloured larvae of chafer beetles that live in the soil and eat…

Fungal diseases

• Red rot of sugarcaneColletotrichum falcatumFungal disease · Red rot is the most destructive disease of sugarcane in South Asia and a serious one in other tropical cane…
• Sheath blight of riceRhizoctonia solani AG1-IAFungal disease · Sheath blight is the second most important disease of rice after blast in many regions. Oval grey-green…

Oomycete diseases (water moulds)

• Downy mildews of maize and sorghumPeronosclerospora sorghiOomycete disease · Downy mildews are among the most destructive diseases of maize in tropical Asia and parts of Africa and the…

Weeds

• Barnyard grassEchinochloa crus-galliWeed · Barnyard grass is the most damaging weed of rice in the world and a serious weed of maize, soybean, cotton…

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…