Symptoms of damage

• Nymphs and adults suck the sap from leaves
• Honey dew - development of sooty mould fungus
• Yellowing of leaves.
• Dropping of affected leaves.

Identification of pest

• Nymph - short glass like rods of wax along the sides of the body
• Adult - Powdery white, active during early morning hours.

Management

• Field sanitation
• Removal of host plants
• Installation of yellow sticky traps
• During heavy infestation - application of imidacloprid 200SL at 0.01% or triazophos 40EC at 0.06%
• Spray neem oil 3% or NSKE 5%
• Release of predators viz., Coccinellid predator, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
• Release of parasitoids viz., Encarsia haitierrsis and E.guadeloupae