• The birds damage starts from the milky stage and continues till harvest
• These consumes on an average of 152 seeds/day

Identification of the pest :

• It is slim, green parakeet with the typical short, heavy, deeply hooked, red bill. Hollow space in a tree trunk is the nest of the bid

Management :

• Establishment of scare crows in the field so as to distract the birds
• Bursting of crackers and carbide guns, tying polythene bags
• Use of bird scaring tape (reflective ribbon or bird scaring ribbon)
• Using bio-acoustic method like pre-recorded distress calls to distract the birds
• Destruction of bird nest in and around the field
• Deploy two labourers per hectare to scare away the birds
• Pruning of perching and breeding places
• Spraying of neem kernal powder solution at 10 g/litre of water after seed shedding repels the birds
• Use of bird proof nets