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Pest of pomegrante.
This document summarizes 6 major pests that affect pomegranate and citrus crops: 1. Pomegranate butterfly, with host plants including pomegranate, guava, and citrus. Caterpillars bore into and feed on fruits. 2. Bark eating caterpillar, with hosts including mango, citrus, and ber. Larvae bore into and feed on bark, damaging conducting tissues. 3. Mealybug, which sucks sap from young leaves, shoots, and flowers, causing withering and dropping. 4. Fruit sucking moth, which damages citrus fruits by sucking their sap. 5. Whitefly, which sucks sap from leaves,
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Introduction to Pomegranate Butterfly, its identification features, and host plants.
Description of the caterpillar and its physical characteristics, along with life history and lifecycle stages.
Effective management practices including removal of weeds, bagging fruits, and insecticide treatments.
Introduction to Bark Eating Caterpillar, its identification, host plants, and life history.
Description of damage caused by larvae on trees, affecting sap conducting tissues.
Management techniques for controlling Bark Eating Caterpillar utilizing various methods.
Introduction to Mealy Bug, its identification features, and the nature of damage it causes.
Effective management strategies for Mealy Bug infestation, including spraying methods.
Introduction to Fruit Sucking Moth and identification information.Identification of Whitefly and its impact on plant health.
Control strategies for managing Whitefly including sanitation and insecticide use.
Introduction to Aphids, their identification, and nature of damage to plants.
Management practices for controlling Aphid populations on plants.
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- 2. 1.Pomegranate Butterfly /Anar Butterfly •S.N. - Deudorix isocrates •Family - Lycaenidae •Order - Lepidoptera
- 3. Mark of Identification Adult/ Butterfly • Butterfly is blakish brown with an orange spot on each of the forewings. • Black spots on the hindwings with a tail like extension at the lower margin of hindwings. • It is active in bright sun
- 4. •Host plant Pomegranate Guava, Annona, Apple,Ber, Citrus, Litchi, Tamarind, Mulberry
- 6. Caterpillar • Caterpillar isdirty brown in colour, with light patches • A few short hairs • 16-20 mm long.
- 7. •Life history •Eggs -Calyx of flowers or tender fruits. •L.P. - 18-47 days. •Pupation - inside the fruit or fruit stalk P.P.- 7 to 34 •S.O.- Pest active throughout the year •No of generation - 4 /year •Life cycle completed 1-2 months.
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- 10. Nature of damage •Caterpillarbore the fruit , feed on pulp and seeds. •Damaged fruits get infected by bacteria resulting the rotting of fruits •Such rotten fruits gives offensive smell and fail down . •The excreta of larva around the entry hole is seen
- 13. Management •Removal of floweringweeds especially of Composite family. •Bagging of fruits with polythene or paper bags or cloth bags when the fruits are up to 5 cm. •Use light trap @ 1/ ha to monitor the activity of adults. • Collect and destroy damaged fruits. •Clean cultivation as weed plants serve as alternate hosts. •Endemic areas - grow less susceptible varieties
- 14. •Insecticides: Malathion 50EC 0.1% or dimethoate 30 EC 0.06%, two rounds, one at flower formation and next at fruit set. •Flowering stage - spray NSKE 5% or neem formulations 2 ml/1 •Apply dimethoate 30 EC 1.5 ml/I •Release Trichogramma chilonis at one lakh/acre.
- 15. 2.Bark Eating Caterpillar. •S.N. - Indarbela tetraonis Indarbela quadrinotata • Family - Metarbelidae • Order - Lepidoptera
- 16. Mark of identification •Larva Stoutand dirty brown in colour •Adult Stout yellowish , Males are smaller than the females.
- 17. •Host plant Mango, Citrus,Ber ,Guava Pomegranate •Life history Eggs - on bark. Pupa - inside the larval tunnel. •No of generation -1/year
- 18. Nature Of Damage •Larvaebore into wood making short tunnel at joints of branches in which they hide during day and come out at night and feed on bark . •As result feeding on bark the sap conducting tissues damage
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- 20. Control Measures. • Keeporchard clean and avoid overcrowding of tress. • Use of iron hook in the active holes and plugging with mud to kill the larva. • Plugging with cotton swabs soaked in 10 ml of dichlorvos or petrol . • Inject CS2 solution • Spray 0.05% monocrotophos • Spray 0.02% dicholovos .
- 21. 3. Mealy bug •S.N.- Ferrisia virgata •Family - Pseudococcidae •Order - Hemiptera
- 22. Identification Of Pest •Nymph Yellowishto pale white. •Adult Females apterous, long, slender covered with white waxy secretions, •Pair wax filaments at caudal end.
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- 24. Nature Of Damage. •Nymphs and adults suck the sap from the young leaves tender shoot and flower •Withering of flower buds and die off. •Shedding of flower buds and flowers •Affect the fruit setting.
- 25. Management •Collect and destroythe infested plant parts. •Remove alternate hosts. • SprayTriozhophos 2 ml+ neem oil 5 ml/lit • Spray Phosalone 35 EC 1.5 ml+ neem oil 5 ml/lit. •Spray methyl demeton 25 EC or monoccrotophos 36WSC 2ml/lit •Spray application of dichlorovas 76 WSC 1ml/lit + fish oil rosin soap 25 g/lit •Release Cryptolaemous montrouzieri beetles @ 10/tree.
- 26. 4.Fruit Sucking Moth •S.N.- Conogethes punctiferalis •Family - Noctuidae •Order - Lepidoptera •Details of the this pests are given under citrus
- 27. fruit sucking moth-Punctured fruit Fruit sucking moth
- 28. 5.White fly • Whitefly- Siphoninus phillyreae •Family - Aleurodidae •Order - Hemiptera
- 29. Identification of pest •Nymph shortglass like rods of wax along the sides of the body •Adult Powdery white, active during early morning hours.
- 30. Nature of damage •Nymphsand adults suck the sap from leaves •Honey dew - development of sooty mould fungus •Yellowing of leaves. •Dropping of affected leaves.
- 31. Management •Field sanitation •Removal ofhost plants •Installation of yellow sticky traps •Spray neem oil 3% or NSKE 5% •Release of predators viz., Coccinellid predator, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri and lace wing fly, Mallada astur •Release of parasitoids viz., Encarsia haitierrsis and E.guadeloupae
- 32. 6.Aphids • S.N. -Aphis punicae • Family - Aphididae • Order - Hemiptera
- 33. Nature of damage •Nymphsand adults suck the sap from leaves, shoots and fruits •Yellowing of leaves •Wilting of terminal shoots.
- 35. Management •Collect and destroythe damaged plant parts •Use yellow sticky trap •Spray application of dimethoate 25 EC . •Spray methyl demeton 30EC at 2ml/lit . •Release first instar larva of Chrysoperla carnea @ 15 / flowering branch (four times) at 10 days interval from flower initiation during April