Symptoms of damage:

• Maggots bore into the distal shoot and form galls

Identification of pest:

• Adult : slender dark brown mosquito like fly

Management:

• Spray any following insecticides Malathion 50 EC @ 500 ml Methyl demeton 25 EC @ 500 ml/ ha

• Malathion 50 EC @ 500 ml
• Methyl demeton 25 EC @ 500 ml/ ha