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

1)Collection and destruction of affected shoot and fruits

2)Spray carbaryl @ 2g/l  OR

Spinosad @  ml/l  OR

Indaxacarb @  ml/l  OR

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

Coccinellid beetle, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

Skeletonization and drying up of leaves

Spray endosulfan @ 2.0 ml/l OR

Quinolphos @ 2.0 ml/l

Whitefly,

Bemicia tabaci

Drying of leaves and Stunted growth

Spray NSKE @ 5%  OR triazophos @ 1.5 ml/l