How to protect the cucumber crop from the outbreak of Aphid?

12/10/2020Posted on by Gramophone
  • Nymphs and adults both insects are soft-bodied, pear-shaped, and blackish in color.
  • Large colonies of nymphs and adults are found on tender twigs and shoots as well as on the ventral leaf surface sucking the vital sap from the tissues.
  • The affected parts turn yellow, get curled, wrinkled, and deformed in shape and ultimately dry and die away.
  • Fruit size and quality is also reduced.
  • The aphids also exude copious quantities of honeydew on which sooty mold develops which in turn hinders the photosynthetic activity of the vines, resulting in stunted growth.
  • IMIDACLOPRID 17.8% SL @ 100ml/acre OR ACEPHATE 75 %SP@ 300 gm/acre OR ACETAMIPRID  20 % SP @ 200 gm/acre OR
  • As a biological treatment  use BEAUVERIA BASSIANA @ 250 gm/acre
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