Symptoms of damage

• Presence of small holes at the collar region
• Gummosis
• Extrusion of frass through the bore holes at the collar region
• Yellowing and shedding of leaves
• Drying up of twigs and gradual death of the tree.

Identification of pest

• Adult - medium sized reddish brown beetle.
• Head and thorax - dark brown or almost black.

Management

• Collect and destroy the damaged plants
• Field sanitation
• Swab Coal tar + Kerosene @ 1:2 or Carbaryl 50 WP 20 g / l on the basal portion of the trunk ( 3 feet height)
• After scraping the loose bark to prevent oviposition by adult beetles.
• If infestations are severe then apply the copper oxychloride paste on the trunk of the tree.
• One celphos tablet (3 g aluminum phosphide) per hole
• Apply carbofuran 3G 5 g per hole and plug with mud.