1. Striped mealy bug

1. Striped mealy bug - Ferrisia virgata Cockerell. (Pseudococcidae: Hemiptera)

    Damage
    • Both nymphs and adults cover on the fruits and suck the sap causing shriveling and dropping of fruits.
    Management
    1. Collect and destroy mealy bug infested leaves, shoots and fruits.
    2. Spray dichlorovos 0.05%, two times first at new flush and shoot formation and second at fruit set by using fish oil rosin soap 25 ml/litre.
    3. Release Cryptolaemas montrouzieri @ 10 beetles per tree.

Last modified: Monday, 13 February 2012, 6:17 PM