Thrust only a part of its body into fruit and eat the inner content
Identification of pest:
Eggs: Eggs are sculptured and creamy white in colour, laid singly
Larva: Shows colour variation from greenish to brown. It has dark brown grey lines on the body with lateral white lines and also has dark band
Pupa: Brown in colour, occurs in soil, leaf, pod and crop debris
Adult : Female light pale brownish yellow stout moth, Male – Pale greenish moth V shaped speck. Forewing: olive green to pale brown with a dark brown circular spot in the centre Hindwing: is pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin
Forewing: olive green to pale brown with a dark brown circular spot in the centre
Hindwing: is pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin
Management:
Collect and destroy the infected fruits and grown up larvae
Grow simultaneously 40 days old American tall marigold and 25 days old tomato seedling at 1:16 rows
Setup pheromone trap with Helilure at 12/ha
Collection and destroy of damaged fruits and grown up caterpillars.
Release Trichogramma pretiosum @ 1 lakh/ha at an interval of 7 days starting from flower initiation stage.
Spray HaNPV 1.5 x 1012 POBs/ha.
For Helicoverpa armigera: HaNPV 1.5 x 10 12 POBs/ha i.e. NPV of H. armigera 0.43% AS @ 3.0 ml/lit or 2 % AS @ 1.0 ml per lit
For Spodoptera litura : Sl NPV 1.5 x 10 12 POBs/ha
Provide poison bait with carbaryl 50 WP 1.25 kg, rice bran 12.5 kg, jaggery 1.25 kg and water 7.5 lit/ha
Spray Azadirachtin 1.0 % EC (10000 ppm) 2.0 ml/ lit. or apply Bacillus thuringiensis 2g/lit. during evening hours.
Spray Bacillus thuringiensis 2g/lit or any one of the following insecticide Spray Azadirachtin 1.0 % EC (10000 ppm) 2.0 ml/ lit. or apply Bacillus thuringiensis 2g/lit. during evening hours.
