Water Depletion Depth of Grain Sorghum and Sunflower in the Central High Plains

2002 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 936-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loyd R. Stone ◽  
Dwayne E. Goodrum ◽  
Alan J. Schlegel ◽  
Mahmad Nor Jaafar ◽  
Akhter H. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Water Depletion ◽  
Depletion Depth ◽  
Central High

Water Depletion Depth of Grain Sorghum and Sunflower in the Central High Plains

2002 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loyd R. Stone ◽  
Dwayne E. Goodrum ◽  
Alan J. Schlegel ◽  
Mahmad Nor Jaafar ◽  
Akhter H. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Water Depletion ◽  
Depletion Depth ◽  
Central High

scholarly journals An Integrated Approach to Cultivar Evaluation and Selection for Imporving Suger Beet Profitability: A Successful Case Study for the Central High Plains

Plant Disease ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Harveson ◽  
G. L. Hein ◽  
J. A. Smith ◽  
R. G. Wilson ◽  
C. D. Yonts
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Central High

scholarly journals First Report of Sorghum Ergot Caused by Claviceps africana in the United States

Plant Disease ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 592-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Isakeit ◽  
G. N. Odvody ◽  
R. A. Shelby
Keyword(s):  
Seed Production ◽  
The United States ◽  
Grain Sorghum ◽  
Hybrid Seed ◽  
High Plains ◽  
Hybrid Seed Production ◽  
Male Sterile ◽  
Production Region ◽  
Corpus Christi ◽  
Chromatography Analysis

In March 1997, ergot was found on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) regrowth in several abandoned commercial grain sorghum fields in Cameron and Hidalgo counties in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas. White sphacelia in florets produced honeydew containing macrospores (hyaline, oblong to oval, 10 to 25 μm × 5 to 7 μm) and microspores (hyaline, spherical, 3 μm in diameter). Macrospores germinated iteratively to form secondary conidia when placed on water agar and in situ following rain. Secondary conidia were hyaline, pyriform, with a protruding hilum, and measured 10 to 17 μm × 5 to 7 μm. High-pressure liquid chromatography analysis detected the alkaloid di-hydroergosine in sphacelia, which is unique to C. africana (1). The pathogen was also confirmed on adjacent johnsongrass (S. halepense). The spread of ergot across Texas was associated with the progressive maturation of the commercial sorghum crop as follows: LRGV (mid-May), Coastal Bend near Corpus Christi (June), Winter Garden area southwest of San Antonio (July), and the seed production region of the Texas Panhandle (mid-August). Ergot incidence ranged from a trace to 10% of the heads in (self-fertile) grain sorghum fields of the LRGV. Most heads had only a few infected florets, but a few heads had 35 to 50% of the florets infected. Only trace amounts were found in grain sorghum fields in other areas of the state. Incidence and severity of ergot were greatest in fields of male-sterile sorghums grown for forage. Ergot was generally low in primary heads of male-sterile sorghums in hybrid seed production fields but, in the absence of pollen, axillary tillers sometimes developed high levels of ergot. The major impact of sorghum ergot is expected to be in hybrid seed production fields in the High Plains of Texas. Reference: (1) D. E. Frederickson et al. Mycol. Res. 95:1101, 1991.

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