Name pests/diseases

Damage symptoms

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Management

Shoot and fruit borer, Lucinodes arbonalis

1)Drying of shoot tip, stunted growth

2) Fruits with bored holes plugged with excreta and unfit for consumption

Collection and destruction of affected shoot and fruits

Spray carbaryl @ 2g/l  ORSpinosad @  ml/l  ORIndaxacarb @  ml/l  OR

Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) (Dipel) @  1.0 ml/l