PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Major Pests :: Stink Bug

5.  Stink bug:  Nezara viridula (Pentatomidae: Hemiptera)

Damage symptoms: Grains become chaffy or spotted black and get shrivelled.  A stinking smell emanates from the bug.

Bionomics: Adult is green in colour.  Nymph is brownish red with multi colour spots.

Management of ear head pests: Apply any one of the insecticides at 25 kg/ha - carbaryl 10 D, malathion 5 D, or spray carbaryl 50 WP 750 g (or) endosulan 35  EC 750 ml/ha at 50% flowering stage.