Select healthy cane seed, free of borers, scale insects and mealy bug etc
Cane seed be scrubbed with 0.1% malathion in areas affected by scale insects, mealy bugs and the borers
Conspicuous egg masses of top borer, pleasy borer and leaf hopper be handpicked and destroyed as a regular campaign during Feb – March
In white grub endemic area follow regular campaign from May onward
In late June or early July, where top borer is a serious problem, apply carbofuran 3G @ 1kg a.i/ha near the base of the cane followed by light irrigation
Pyrilla endemic areas are surveyed for parasitoid population. If present in good number, the spraying be avoided, otherwise the crop sprayed with 0.03% malathion @ 1/ha
In case of mite infestation, the affected leaves be clipped and destroyed, the severe incidence can be controlled by spraying dicofol (Kelthane) 0.1 per cent
At the time of harvest, the stumps which harbor diapausing larvae should be injected with insecticide with oil cane
