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Identification of the pest

Lablab
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 -are black and round or oval. Pupae have marginal bristles
Management of sucking pests Shaking the infested plants over the vessels of oil and water or oily cloth gives most effective Spray methyl demeton 25 EC 500ml or dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml or phosphomidon 85 WSC 250 ml/ha
  • Leave mottled and yellowish in colour
  • vector of yellow mosaic virus
  • Adults -are small, yellow bodied insects with white wings which are densely covered with a waxy powder.
  • Nymphs and pupae -are black and round or oval. Pupae have marginal bristles

Management of sucking pests

  • Shaking the infested plants over the vessels of oil and water or oily cloth gives most effective
  • Spray methyl demeton 25 EC 500ml or dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml or phosphomidon 85 WSC 250 ml/ha