Destroy the eggs of white grub in the summer season like this

  • White grubs as the name suggests are white-coloured insects that live as a grub in a field whose dormancy period is in the winter.

  • They initially damage chilli plant roots. 

  • Symptoms of white grub include a complete withering of the plant or stunting of the growth of the plant resulting in the plant dying.

  • Usually, this pest should be controlled in the month of June and in the early week of July.  

  • For this, do deep ploughing in summer, use Metarhizium culture [kalichakra] @ 2 kg along with FYM @ 50-75 kg per acre for control of white grub.

  • But if an infestation of white grub is visible even in the immature stage of the crop, then chemical treatment can also be done to control this pest.

  • But if an infestation of white grub is visible even in the immature stage of the crop, then chemical treatment can also be done to control this pest.

  • As a soil application Use  FENPROPATHRIN 10% EC [DANITOL] @ 500 ml, CLOTHIANIDIN  50.00% WG [DANTOTSU] @ 100 gm or CHLORPYRIFOS 20 % EC [TRICEL] @ 1 litre/ acre.

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