Mealy bug: Planococcus lilacinus
Symptom of damage
- Infestation - under side of leaves, base of petioles and nodes of tender shoots.
- Infested plants give withering appearance.
Identification of the pest
- Body of the scale is covered with white wax like mealy substance.
- Small, soft bodied insects.
- Female is wingless, oval body clothed with white threads.
Management
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Maintain adequate shade
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Destroy nets of red ants and cocktailed ant
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Dust Quinolphos 1.5% or methyl parathion 2% or malathion 5%
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Spray the affected patches with Quinolphos 25 EC 2ml per lit of water.
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Conserve natural enemies like predatory lady bird beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
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parasitoid Leptomastix dactylopii.
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Withering of leaves |
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