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- Mealybug is a type of sucking insect which invades leaves or twigs and sucks their sap.
- This insect is like white cottony appearance . adult of the insect that affects the growth or development of the crop or plant by sucking the necessary nutrients from the plant in large numbers.
- To control this pest use Thiamethoxam @ 12.6% + Lambda Cyhalothrin 9.5% ZC @ 80 ml/acre or Fipronil 40% + Imidacloprid 40% WG @ 200 gram/acre
- UseBeauveria Bassiana @ 250gram/acre as a biological treatment.
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- This insect secretes honeydew, above which harmful fungi develop and interrupt photosynthesis process.
- Both nymph and adult females of this pest cause a lot of damage to the crops, they harm the mango crop by sucking the juice of fruits, blossoms and branches.
- The female insect lays eggs in the soil near the roots of the tree.
- Weeding and cleaning should be maintained around the tree. In summer, the gardens should be left well ploughed so that the female and eggs of this insect are destroyed by birds and strong sunlight.
- Thiamethoxam 12.6% + Lambda Cyhelothrin 9.5% ZC 80 gm or 35 ml chlorpyrifos with Verticillium 75 gm or beauveria bassiana 75 gm per 15 liters of water and sprayed on mango shoots, mango blossom, mango fruit.
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