Symptoms of damage

• Nymphs and adults suck the sap from undersurface of the leaves
• Yellowing of leaves.

Identification of pest

• Egg - pear shaped, light yellowish
• Nymph - Oval, scale-like, greenish white
• Settle down on a succulent part of leaves.
• Adult - White, tiny, scale-like adults.

Management

• Field sanitation
• Removal of host plants
• Installation of yellow sticky traps
• Spray application of imidacloprid 200SL at 0.01% or triazophos 40EC at 0.06% during heavy infestation.
• Spray neem oil 3% or NSKE 5%
• Release of predators viz., Coccinellid predator, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
• Release of parasitoids viz., Encarsia haitierrsis and E.guadeloupae