• Chlorotic spots
• Yellowing
• Downward curling and drying of leaves
• Vector of tomato leaf curl disease

Identification of pest

• Egg: Pear shaped, light yellowish, stalked
• Nymph: On hatching - Oval, scale-like, greenish white
• Adult: White, tiny, scale-like adults

Management:

• Install yellow sticky traps @ 12 /ha to attract the adult.
• Remove alternate weed host Abutilon indicum.
• Uproot and destroy the diseased leaf curl plants
• Use nitrogen and irrigation judiciously.
• Remove alternate weed host Abutilon indicum
• Use yellow sticky traps at 12/ha to attract and kill insects.
• Apply carbofuran 3% G @ 40 kg /ha or spray any one of the following insecticides Insecticide Dose Carbofuran 3 CG 40 kg/ha Methl demeton 25 EC 1.0 ml/ lit. Cyantraniliprole 10.26 OD 1.8ml/lit. Imidacloprid 17.8 SL 3.0ml/10lit. Spiromesifen 22.9 SC 1.25ml/lit.