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Mites are small and red-colored insects that are found in large quantities on soft parts of watermelon crops such as leaves, flower buds, and twigs.
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Webs are seen on watermelon on which mites attacks
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This insect sucking the tender parts of the plant weakens them and in the end the plant dies.
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Chemical management:- Propargite 57% Ec@ 400 ml/acre or Spiromesifen 22.9% SC @ 200 ml/acre or Abamectin 1.9 % EC@ 150 ml/acre
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Biological treatment :- use Metarhizium Anisopliae @ 1 kg/acre
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