How to control mites in watermelon crop

How to control mites in watermelon crop
  • 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.

  • Webs are seen  on watermelon on which mites attacks 

  • This insect sucking 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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