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Production · Protection · Nutrients · Water
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Symptoms of damage

  • Feed on tender foliage and flowers
  • Transmit tristeza virus disease.
  • Nymphs and adults suck the sap of leaves
  • Wilting and flower dropping
  • Infested leaves appear cup shaped and crinkled
  • Growth of the plants is hindered

Management

  • Use yellow sticky trap
  • Spray with methyl demeton (Metasystox)
  • Use some concinellid beetles and syrphid flies
Crinkling of leavesAdult wingless forms (apterae)Adult winged forms (alatae)