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Crop Protection :: Pests of Moringa

Pod fly: Gitona distigma

Symptoms of damage:

  • Drying and splitting of fruits from tip
  • Oozing of gummy exudate from fruit           

Identification of pest:

  • Egg: Cigar shaped, laid in groups on the grooves of tender pods
  • Maggot: Cream coloured maggot
  • Adult: Yellowish fly with red eyes

Management:

  • Collect and destroy all the fallen and damaged fruits
  • Use attractants like citronella oil, eucalyptus oil, vinegar  (Acetic acid), dextrose or lactic acid
  • Rake up the soil under the trees or plough the infested field to destroy puparia
  • Spray insecticides like Nimbecidine 3ml/lit during 50 % fruit set and 35 days later

 


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