Name pests/diseases

Damage symptoms

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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 OR

 Flubendiamide @ 0.0675ml/l

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.