Name pests/diseases

Damage symptoms

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Management

Flea beetle,

Sceledonta strigicollis

Drying up of new buds and leaves

1)Remove loose bark

2)Rake the soil at the base of the plant to expose grubs

3)Spray carbaryl @ 4 g/l  or quinalphos @ 1.5 ml/l

Stem girdler,

Sthenias grisator

Girdling of stem. Affected branch dries

1)Cut attacked branches below the girdle and burn

2) Collect and kill the beetles

Grapes Anthracnose

Dark brown sunken spots on the tender arial parts.

Spray Benomyl/Bavistin/Bitertanol (1gm/lit)