Pests and Diseases

Pests and Diseases
    Pests
    1. Fruit fly- Chaetodacus spp- It is severe during rainy season crops
    2. Mealy bugs- Cryptolems spp.
    The other pests causes problems to this crop are scale insects, Tea mosquito, shoot & bark borer.
    Diseases
    1. Guava wilt- Fusarium spp.
    2. Anthracnose- Colletotrichum psidii- It is also severe during rainy season crops.
    3. Fruit canker- Pestlotia psidii.
    4. Cercospora leaf spot- Cercospora sawadal

Last modified: Thursday, 17 May 2012, 1:16 PM