Leafhopper: Pyrilla perpusilla
Symptom of damage:
- Leaves become yellow
- Covered with black sooty mould
- Top leaves get dried up and lateral buds germinate
Identification of the pest:
- Nymph: Soft, pale brown dorsally and pale orange ventrally
- Adult: Straw coloured, head pointing forward as a snout
Management:
- Avoid excessive use of nitrogenous fertilizers
- Set up light trap
- Detrash at 150th and 210th DAP
- Release lepidopteran parasitoid: Epiricrania melanoleuca @8000 -10,000 cocoon/ha (or) 8-10 lakhs egg/ha
- Spray any one of the following on the 150th and 210th day (1000 l spray fluid)
- Malathion 50 EC 2000 ml
Source-
- TNAU Agritech Portal
