Melanaphis sacchari/sorghi complex: current status, challenges and integrated strategies for managing the invasive sap‐feeding insect pest of sorghum

A Vasquez, J Belsky, N Khanal, H Puri… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner; Hemiptera: Aphididae), sugarcane aphid (SCA), is
an invasive phloem‐feeder found worldwide with a wide host range of economically …

Invasive sorghum aphid: A decade of research on deciphering plant resistance mechanisms and novel approaches in breeding for sorghum resistance to aphids

M Thudi, MSS Reddy, YD Naik, VKR Cheruku… - Crop …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
During the last decade, the sorghum aphid (Melanaphis sorghi), previously identified as
sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari), became a serious pest of sorghum, spreading to all …

A lightweight SSV2-YOLO based model for detection of sugarcane aphids in unstructured natural environments

W Xu, T Xu, JA Thomasson, W Chen… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate, rapid, and smart pest recognition and detection are important for crop protection
and management. Existing deep learning-based pest detection algorithms often require high …

Varying the spatial arrangement of synthetic herbivore‐induced plant volatiles and companion plants to improve conservation biological control

CC Jaworski, D Xiao, Q Xu… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation biological control aims to control pests by promoting wild populations of
natural enemies. One challenge is to attract and retain efficient natural enemies in crop …

Categories of resistance to sugarcane aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) among sorghum genotypes

S Paudyal, JS Armstrong, KL Giles… - Journal of economic …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari (Zehnter)(Hemiptera: Aphididae) has emerged
as a potential threat to sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) production in the United …

Interactive effects of crop variety, insecticide seed treatment, and planting date on population dynamics of sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) and their predators …

A Szczepaniec - Crop Protection, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sugarcane aphids Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)(Hemiptera: Aphididae) have
recently become an eruptive and costly pest of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L). In contrast to …

Development of economic thresholds for sugarcane aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in susceptible grain sorghum hybrids

JW Gordy, MJ Brewer, RD Bowling… - Journal of economic …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari Zehtner (Hemiptera: Aphididae), outbreaks
on grain sorghum were first detected in the United States in 2013. The spread of sugarcane …

Evaluation of tactics for management of sugarcane aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in grain sorghum

PJ Haar, GD Buntin, A Jacobson… - Journal of Economic …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The invasive sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner), is a devastating new pest of
grain sorghum. Studies were conducted utilizing an integrated approach of four …

Effects of sugarcane aphid herbivory on transcriptional responses of resistant and susceptible sorghum

M Kiani, A Szczepaniec - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) outbreaks in sorghum that
were first reported in 2013 are now the most significant threat to this crop in all major …

Invasive cereal aphids of North America: ecology and pest management

MJ Brewer, FB Peairs, NC Elliott - Annual review of entomology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Aphid invasions of North American cereal crops generally have started with colonization of a
new region or crop, followed by range expansion and outbreaks that vary in frequency and …