Gaint mealybug: Drosicha mangiferae
| Symptoms of damage |
- Drying of leaves and inflorescence
- Presence of pinkish nymphs and adult mealy bugs on fruit and fruit stalk.
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| Management |
- Remove weeds like Clerodendrum inflortunatum and grasses by ploughing during June-July.
- Band the trees with 20 cm wide alkalthene of polythene (400 gauge) in the middle of December
(50 cm above the ground level and just below the junction of branching).
- Stem with jute thread and apply a little mud of fruit tree grease on the lower edge of the band.
- If necessary apply chlopyriphos 20EC 2.5 ml/l
- Release of Australian ladybird beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri @ 10/tree
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