Striped mealybug: Ferrisia virgata
Symptoms of damage:
- Presence of white, cottony mealy bugs on the leaves and twigs
- Stunted growth
Identification of pest:
- Crawler: Yellowish to pale white in colour.
- Adult: Females apterous, long, slender covered with white waxy secretion
Management:
- Spray FORS 25g/lit or neem oil 0.5% along with teepol 1 ml/lit
- Spray any following insecticides
- Phosphomidon 40 SL 2ml/lit
- Imidacloprid 80.5 SC 0.6 ml/lit
- Chlorpriphos 20 EC 2ml/lit
- Thiamethoxam 25 WSG 0.6 mg/lit
- Profenophos 2ml/lit
Source-
- TamilNadu Agritech Portal
