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Major pests and their management in Groundnut

 

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PEST NAME

CHEMICAL

DOSAGE/HA

MODE OF ACTION

OTHER REMEDIES

1

Termite

Aldrin

1-2.5kg ai

Systemic

Harvest at optimum date

2

Pine apple mealy bug

Dimethioate

560gm ai

systemic

       -

3

Leaf Hopper

Monocrotophos

150 - 200gm ai

Contact & Systemic

          -

4

Lesser cornstalk borer

Di crotophas

Phosphamidon

300-500gm ai

Contact

Dieldrin baits

5

Greasy cutworm

Aldrin

560-600gm ai

Systemic

            -

6

White Grubs

Heptachlor

1.12kg ai

Contact & Systemic

            -

7

Banded cucumber beetle

Carbofuran

2.25kg ai

Contact & Systemic

            -

8

White Fringed beetle

DDT

Aldrin

2.25-3.35kg ai

Contact &Systemic

Crop rotation

9

Groundnut Aphid

Endosulfon

Melathian

2.5lit

380-580gm ai

Contact & Stomach

Destruction of volunteer plants

10

Thrips

Dichlorvos

350-500gm ai

Contact & Stomach

Planting away from the infected source

 

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