Other insect/pest of vegetable pea

Pod Borer:

Causal Organism: Heliothes spp.

• The young caterpillars start to feed on the surface of the pods, bore into them and feed on the seeds.
• They make the pods unfit for consumption.

Control:

• Spray Malathion (0.1%) or Carbaryl (0.2%) at regular intervals at the time of 50% flowering.

Stem fly

Causal Organism: Ophiomyia phaseoli

• Fully grown larvae attack on the stem just above the ground level. The infected stem swells, cracks and turn brownish. The insect attack on early sown crop.

Control:

• Sowing should be done in the second fortnight of October to avoid the attack.
• Seed treatment with chlorpyriphos @ 5ml/kg seed for early sowing.
• Spray Dimethoate (0.03%) or Monocrotophos (0.04%).

Weevil:

Causal organism: Bruchus Pisorum

• The weevil lays eggs on the young pods and larvae bore into the pods.

Control:

• Spray Endosulfan (0.03%).