Insect Pests of Fruits, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops

1. Whitefly- Aleurocanthus mangiferae Q & B. (Aleyrodidae: Hemiplera)

Damage

• Both nymphs and adults suck the sap from the under surface of leaves causing yellowing of leaves in patches.
Management

• Remove the weeds like Clerodendron infortunatum and grass by ploughing during June-July.