How to control mites in bitter gourd crop

How to control mites in bitter gourd crop
  • Mites are small and red-colored insects that are found in large quantities on soft parts of bitter gourd crops such as leaves, flower buds, and twigs.

  • Webs can be seen on bitter gourds infested with mites. 

  • This insect sucks the tender parts of the plant, weakens them and in the end the plant dies.

  • Chemical management:- Propargite 57% Ec@ 400 ml/acre or Spiromesifen 22.9% SC @ 200 ml/acre  or Abamectin 1.9 % EC@ 150 ml/acre 

  • Biological treatment :- use Metarhizium Anisopliae @ 1 kg/acre

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