Symptoms of damage:

• Maggots feed on floral buds, leading to withering and dropping of buds.
  • Formation of gall like structure in buds and do not develop into capsules.
  • Pods completely distorted without seeds.

Identification of the pest:

• Maggot:  white and legless.
• Adult: Mosquito like fly

Management:

• Intercrop with green gram, pearl millet and groundnut.
• Clip the galls and burn the fallen buds.
• Spray NSKE 5% or Neem oil 2%  at bud initiation stage.