Nursery insect pests
Spindle bug: Carvalhoia arecae
Symptoms of damage

• Spindle bug - generally noticed in nursery seedlings and field planted young seedlings.
• Adults and nymphs of spindle bug live in the innermost two to three leaf axils.
• Suck sap from the spindle of leaves
• Necrotic lesions which later on turn into dry brown patches.
• In severe infestation the spindle fails, to open.
  

Management

• Ploythene sachets - filled with Phorate 10 G (Thimet 10G), @ 2g per sachet, placed in the innermost two leaf axils (one sachet each in a leaf axil).
• The same sachets can be used for 6 – 8 months.