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Carnation fly: Hylemya briennescens Symptom of damage

Carnation
Carnation fly: Hylemya briennescens Symptom of damage Maggots bore into the leaves and growing tips of young plants Death of young plants by tunnelling down the apical shoot. Management Apply carbaryl 4G or phorate 10G @ 10 kg/ha to the soil followed by light irrigation. Spray malathion 50 EC @ 2 ml/l of water Image source: https://www.ispotnature.org/species-dictionaries/uksi/Hylemya
  • Maggots bore into the leaves and growing tips of young plants
  • Death of young plants by tunnelling down the apical shoot.

Management

  • Apply carbaryl 4G or phorate 10G @ 10 kg/ha to the soil followed by light irrigation.
  • Spray malathion 50 EC @ 2 ml/l of water

Image source:

https://www.ispotnature.org/species-dictionaries/uksi/Hylemya