Aphid control in bitter gourd crop

Aphid is under the category of sucking pests, this pest greatly affects the growth of the plant by sucking the cell sap of the bitter gourd’s leaves.
The leaves of the affected plant turn yellow and shrink. In the stage of excessive infestation, the leaves dry up and gradually the whole plant dries up.
Aphids release a type of honeydew, which causes black fungus infestation.
To control this, spray imidacloprid 17.8% SL [Confidor] @ 100 ml/acre or Acephate 75 % SP [Asataf] @ 300 gram/acre or Thiamantoxam 25% WG [ThiaNova 25 ] @ 100 gram/acre.
Use Beauveria Bassiana [Bave curb] @ 250 gram/acre as biological treatment.

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Aphid is under the category of sucking pests, this pest greatly affects the growth of the plant by sucking the cell sap of the bitter gourd’s leaves.

The leaves of the affected plant turn yellow and shrink. In the stage of excessive infestation, the leaves dry up and gradually the whole plant dries up.

Aphids release a type of honeydew, which causes black fungus infestation.

To control this, spray imidacloprid 17.8% SL [Confidor] @ 100 ml/acre or Acephate 75 % SP [Asataf] @ 300 gram/acre or Thiamantoxam 25% WG [ThiaNova 25 ] @ 100 gram/acre.

Use Beauveria Bassiana [Bave curb] @ 250 gram/acre as biological treatment.

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