Name pests/diseases

Damage symptoms

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Management

Sweet Orange

Fruit piercing moth, Othreis fullonia and O. metarna

Premature dropping of affected fruit and rotting of fruit

Loss of yield and quality of fruit

1)Destruction of larval weed hosts like Cocculus pendulus, C. hirsutus and Tinospora cardifolia

2)Smoking of orchard during evening to repel  moths

3)Bagging of fruits or netting of trees/orchard

4)Poison bait (Banana pulp + malathion) in muslin cloth

5)Manual collection of adult moths in the night

Citrus canker

Cankerous spots on leaves and twigs

Apply copper oxy chloride during rainy season