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PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Major Pests :: Grain Midge


4.  Grain midge: Geromyia penniseti  (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera)

 

Damage symptoms: Maggot feeds on developing grains causing grainless glumes with white pupal case attached to the tip of the spikelet.

Bionomics:
Adult is a light pink fragile fly.

Management:
Dust any one of the insecticides – malathion 5D 25 kg, carbaryl 10 D 25 kg, endosulfan 4 D 10 kg/ha.