Symptoms of damage:

• Curling of leaf edges and leaves turn red or brown
• Vector of sesamum phyllody

Identification of the pest:

• Adult: Light brown coloured hopper

Management:

• Intercropping of Sesamum + Redgram (6 : 1)
• Seed treatment with imidacloprid 600FS @ 7.5ml/kg seed.
• Remove and destroy sesame plants with phyllody symptom.
• Remove alternate host Cleome viscosa.
• Spray Quinalphos 25 EC @ 800 ml/ac or thiamethoxam 25WG @ 40 g/ac or imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 40 ml/ac.