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These pests are small and red in colour and are found in large quantities on the tender parts of the crop like leaves, flower buds and twigs.
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Webs are visible on the plant on which the mites attack. These insects attack soft parts of the plant by sucking the juice that eventually the plant dies.
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The following products are used to control mites in chilli crops.
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Spraying Omite (propargite 57% EC) @ 400 ml/acre or Oberon (spiromesifen 22.9% SC) @ 200 ml/acre or Abacin (abamectin 1.8% EC) @ 150 ml/acre.
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Use kalichakra (metarhizium anispoli) @ 1 kg/acre as a biological treatment.
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