Symptoms of damage

• Nymphs and adults suck the sap from leaves, shoots and fruits
• Honey dew – development of sooty mould on leaves, shoots and branches
• Crinkling and yellowing of leaves
• Rotting of berries

Identification of pest

• Nymph - pinkish in colour.
• Adult – pink colour and covered with white wax

Management

• Apply quinalphos dust in the soil @ 20 kg/ha to kill the ants.
• Spray dichlorvos 76 WSC at the rate of 1 ml/lit with fish oil rosin soap at 25 g/lit.
• Release Coccinellid beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri at the rate of 10 per vine.