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Pest of Forage Crop :: Perennial Fodder Sorghum

Aphids (Rhopalosiphum maidis)

Symptoms of Damage

  • Plant yellow and wilt with large number of aphids.
  • Honeydew secretion, sooty mould on leaves.

Identification of insect pests

    Nymphs    : Light green.
    Adults       : Bluish or olive green adults.



                                                                                                                     

    Nymphs and Adults

Integrated Management

    Conservation of several parasitic wasps, ladybird beetles, syrphid fly larvae, and lacewing larvae and adults.
Updated on Apr 2023
 
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