Symptoms of damage

• Nymphs and adults congregate on leaves and suck the sap
• Yellowing
• Wilting of leaves
• Stunted growth of the plant
• It is vector of pine apple wilt disease

Identification of pest

• Adult - White mealy bugs.

Management

• Cultivate resistant varieties like Red Spanish and queen
• Collect planting material from unaffected plantation
• Remove basal brownish leaves of cured planting
• Dip the basal portion of the planting material in malathion 0.2%
• Spray dimethoate 2ml/lit or methyldemeton 1.5 ml/lit
• Release coccinellid beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri @ 10 / tree