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Crop Protection :: Pests of Potato

Green peach aphid: Myzus persicae

Symptoms of damage:

  • Aphids suck sap of plants, as a result of which leaves turn pale and dry up.
  • This pest also transmits various viral to potato plants

Identification of pest:

  • It resembles wingless adult but the size is small.

Management:

  • Spray dimethoate 0.3%

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