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Crop Protection :: Pest of Red Gram
Plume moth: Exelastis atomosa

Symptoms of damage

  • Pin head  size holes on  pods
  • Small spiny caterpillars and pupae seen on the pods 

Identification of the pest

  • Larva - is greenish brown, fringed with radiating hairs and spines
  • Adult - is delicate, brown coloured small moth with plumed wings.

Larva

Management:

  • ETL: 5/plant
  • Bird perches 50/ha
  • Mechanical collection of grown up larva and blister beetle
  • Ha NPV 3 x1012 POB/ha in 0.1% teepol
  • Apply any one of the following insectcides:
    • Azadirachtin 0.03 % WSP 2500-5000 g/ha
    • Bacillus thuringiensis serovar kurstaki (3a,3b,3c) 5%WP1000-1250 g/ha
    • Dimethoate 30% EC 1237 ml/ha
    • Emamectin benzoate 5% SG 220 g/ha
    • Indoxacarb 15.8% SC 333 ml/ha
    • Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC 150ml/ha
    • Spinosad 45%SC 125-162 ml/ha
    • NSKE 5% twice followed by triazophos 0.05%
    • Neem oil 2%
    • Phosalone 0.07%
      (Spray fluid 625 ml/ha) Note : Insecticide / Ha NPV spray

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