Chilli crop calendar for february month

Name of pests/diseases	Damaging symptoms	Photo gallery	Management
Fruit borers, Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura

Chilli fruits with bored holes at the petiole/base.

 Affected fruit rot and drop down

 

 Spraying of 100 LE HaNPV/Sl NPV OR Spinosad 14.5 SC @  0.20 ml/lit.   Mites,
Polyphagotarsonemus latus   

Affected leaf become dark green, brittle, show downward

curling and elongation of petiole Plants show stunted growth

   

Spraying of Fenazaquin 10 EC @ 2 ml/lit  OR Vertimec 1.9 EC @ 0.3 ml/lit  OR Dicofol 18.5 EC @ 2.5 ml/lit OR Wettable  sulphur @ 3 g/lit.

 

Chilli anthracnose

 

Small necrotic sunken areas on fruits and finally fruit get rotten

   

Spraying with Captafol at 0.2% followed by Copper Oxychloride at 0.25% and Carbendazim at 0.1%.

 

Chilli Powdery Mildew

 

Tiny white to dirty grey spots initially on leaves and later they turns to white powdery mass by accumulating entire leaf area by superficial growth.

   

Spray thrice at 10-15 days interval with 1ml Dinocap or 2g Wettable Sulphur per litre of water.

Before flowering, dusting 8-10 kg Sulphur per acre is also useful. 

Chilli Leaf Curl

 

Newly emerged leaves show curling due to feeding by insect vectors and the virus.

   

Spray the crop with systemic insecticides.
Like Monocrotophos 1.5 ml or Dimethoate 2ml of Acephate 1g per litre of water.