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Crop Protection :: Oil Seeds :: Pest of Castor

Serpentine leaf miner: Liriomyza trifolii

Symptoms of damage:

  • Drying and dropping of leaves 

Identification of the pest:

  • Larva: minute, orange yellowish in colour and apodous
  • Adult: pale yellow colour fly 

Management:

  • Spray neem seed kernal extract (NSKE) 5% or triazophos @2.5ml/litre of water
Leaf mining damage
Leaf miner - Adult

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