Identification of the pest :
| Symptom of damage : Young plants dry up causing dead heart Ear heads- chaffy grains in the tip and well developed grains in the lower portion of ear heads Identification of the pest : Adult - Greyish white fly Management : Use seeds pelleted with insecticides Seed treatment with imidacloprid 70 WS 10 g/kg of seeds Plough soon after harvest, remove and destroy the stubbles. Set up the TNAU low cost fish meal trap 12/ha Spray any one of the following insecticides Methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha Neem seed kernel extract 5% Neem Azal 1% |
- Young plants dry up causing dead heart
- Ear heads- chaffy grains in the tip and well developed grains in the lower portion of ear heads
- Adult - Greyish white fly
Management :
- Use seeds pelleted with insecticides
- Seed treatment with imidacloprid 70 WS 10 g/kg of seeds
- Plough soon after harvest, remove and destroy the stubbles.
- Set up the TNAU low cost fish meal trap 12/ha
- Spray any one of the following insecticides Methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha Neem seed kernel extract 5% Neem Azal 1%
- Methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha
- Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha
- Neem seed kernel extract 5%
- Neem Azal 1%