Diagnosing the problem was easy, as the salmon-orange spores of the fungus were everywhere — green fruit anthracnose. It was widespread in the eastern U.S. in the early 2000s, but then “disappeared.” ...

Their rotation started with sorghum, followed by soybeans, wheat, and cover crops before returning back to sorghum. “Initially, we were looking at weed suppression,” Roozeboom said.

Sorghum is increasingly recognised as a staple food in many parts of the world, including outside Africa where it has been cultivated for centuries, due to its multiple nutritional benefits and ...

Seed-borne diseases have seriously affected the sustainability of sorghum cultivation in China as the demand for organic products in the winemaking industry has limited the use of chemical fungicides.