Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria Symptoms of damage Cluster on the plant parts and suck the sap Identification of the pest Nymphs and Adult - sub globular, oval and greenish shield bug. It has a characteristic buggy odour Cluster on the plant part

Spray any one of the following insectcides (Spray fluid 500 l/ha)

Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri Symptoms of damage Leave mottled and yellowish in colour Green colour insects found under surface of leaves Identification of the pest Adult – elongate , active, wedge shape, green insects Management: Spray the infested crop with me

Bean Aphids: Aphis craccivora Symptoms of damage Leaves, inflorescence stalk and young pods covered with dark coloured aphids Honey dew secretion with black ant movements Identification of the pest Nymphs and Adult – dark coloured with cornicles in the abdomen

Grass blue butterfly: Euchrysops cnejus Symptoms of damage Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes and presence of slug like caterpillar. Larval entry hole on the pod is plugged with excreta. Identification of the pest Larva - pale green or yellow with a r

Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus Symptoms of damage Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes Presence of slug like caterpillar. Honey dew secretion with black ant movements Identification of the pest Larva – It is flat and slightly rounded; Pale green with

Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella Symptoms of damage Dropping of flowers and young pods Older pods marked with a brown spot where a larvae has entered Identification of the pest Larva – greenish initially, turns pink before pupation. It has 5 black spots on

Spotted pod borer: Maruca testulalis Symptoms of damage Bore holes on the buds, flower or pods Infested pods and flowers are webbed together. Identification of the pest Larva - Greenish white with brown head. It has two pairs of dark spots on the back of each

The adult feeds voraciously on buds and flowers. Eggs - are light yellowish in colour and cylindrical in shape. Larva - Young grubs are white in colour. Adult – Elytra are black in colour with a round orange spot and two transverse wavy orange bands across the

Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci Symptoms of damage Leave mottled and yellowish in colour vector of yellow mosaic virus Identification of the pest Adults -are small, yellow bodied insects with white wings which are densely covered with a waxy powder. Nymphs and pupae

Defoliation in early stages Larva’s head alone thrust inside the pods and the rest of the body hanging out. Pods with round holes Eggs – are spherical in shape and creamy white in colour, laid singly Larva - shows colour variation from greenish to brown. Green