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Lily bulb mite: Rhizoglyphus echinopus 

Symptom of damage

  • Feed on the bulbs and roots and destroy them.
  • Infest the scales and burrow into the stems.
  • Infested leaves and stems become yellow.

Identification of the pest

  • Very minute in size, visible to naked eye.
  • Yellowish white in colour.
  • Pinkish tinge, bead like, shining & slow moving mite.
Management
  • Applying peat.
  • Steam sterilization of bulbs 600c for 30 min (or) 800c for 20 min.
  • Alternate cropping with rice, solar drying of soils, and ploughing with sesbania, long term submergence of water.
  • Chemical (or) warm water treatment of bulbs.
  • Fortnightly spray with dicofol at 0.025-0.04% .
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