Symptoms of damage
| Symptoms of damage Nymphs and adults suck the sap from the undersurface of the leaves and leads to downward curling of leaves Feeding reduces the vitality of the plants During feeding they secrete honeydew which attracts sooty mould growth It transmits mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) Identification of the pest Riptortus pedestris Eggs Female lays single, stalked, sub-elliptical eggs on the lower surface of leaves. Egg period 5 – 9 days Nymph Sluggish, clustered on the lower surface of leaves The feed on the cell sap and grow in to three stages before pupation Nymphal period 9 – 14 days and pupal period 2 – 8 days Adult Small, yellow body with hyaline wings dusted with waxy powder In year completes 11 – 12 generations Integrated Management: Seed treatment with Thiamethoxam 30 % FS @ 10 ml/kg to reduce the sucking pest population Install yellow sticky traps @ 5/ac to attract the whiteflies Spray any one of the following insecticides Thiamethoxam 25 % WG @ 40 g/ac Imidacloprid 17.80 % SL @ 40 ml/ac Buprofezin 25 % SC @ 400 ml/ac Clothianidin 50 % WDG @ 20 ml/ac Diafenthiuron 50 % WP @ 240 ml/ac | ||
- Nymphs and adults suck the sap from the undersurface of the leaves and leads to downward curling of leaves
- Feeding reduces the vitality of the plants
- During feeding they secrete honeydew which attracts sooty mould growth
- It transmits mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV)
- Female lays single, stalked, sub-elliptical eggs on the lower surface of leaves.
- Egg period 5 – 9 days
- Sluggish, clustered on the lower surface of leaves
- The feed on the cell sap and grow in to three stages before pupation
- Nymphal period 9 – 14 days and pupal period 2 – 8 days
- Small, yellow body with hyaline wings dusted with waxy powder
- In year completes 11 – 12 generations
Integrated Management:
- Seed treatment with Thiamethoxam 30 % FS @ 10 ml/kg to reduce the sucking pest population
- Install yellow sticky traps @ 5/ac to attract the whiteflies
- Spray any one of the following insecticides