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Crop Protection :: Tea

Tea Mites 
Red spider mite: Oligonychus coffeae  

Symptoms of damage

  • Infest the upper surface of mature leaves.
  • Infestation starts along midrib and veins and spreads to the entire upper surface of leaves.
  • Affected leaves - bronzed, dry and crumpled.

Identification of the pest 

  • Eggs are reddish in colour and spherical in shape
  •  Adult - female is elliptical in shape bright crimson anteriorly and dark puplish brown posteriorly.

Management

    • Spray any one of the following Insecticides
    • Azadirachtin 5 W/W 200 ml/ha
    • Bifenthrin 8 SC 500 ml/ha
    • Dicofol 18.5 EC 1250 ml/ha
    • Ethion 50 EC 500 ml/ha
    • Etoxazole 10 SC 400 ml/ha
    • Fenazaquin 10 EC 1000 ml/ha
    • Fenpyroximate 5 EC 300 - 600 ml/ha
    • Propargite 57 EC 750 – 1250 ml/ha
    • Spiromesifen 22.9 SC 400 ml/ha

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