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Crop Protection :: Finger Millet
Pink stem borer: Sesamia inferens

Symptom of damage:

  • Pink larva enters into the stem and causes dead heart symptom
Frass on bore holes Dead Heart Boreholes on stem White ear
Identification of the pest:
  • Egg: Creamy white spherical eggs laid in batches in between leaf sheaths and stem of the plant.
  • Larva: Pinkish brown with a reddish brown head.
  • Pupa: Brown, obtect pupa, pupates inside the stem.
  • Adult: Straw coloured moth with forewings having 3 black spots and a faint brown mid-stripe with white hindwings.
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
Management:
  • Spray phorate 10% CG @ 1 l/ha at every 20 days interval after germination

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