• Nymphs and adults suck the juice from bark of the trunk or fruits
• Weakening and death of the smaller plants
• Infested twigs shrivel and die
• Galls on the roots
• White, woolly patches on the trunk.

Identification of the pest:

• Purplish aphid covered with white cottony mats

Management:

• Use resistant root stocks M 778, M 779, MM 14, MM 110, MM 112
• Spray methyl demeton 25 EC 0.025%
• Release the parasitoid: Aphelinus mali
• Predators: Chilomenus bijugus and Coccinella septumpunctata