Termite identification damage symptoms and management in wheat

The wheat crop can be damaged by termites either after sowing or sometimes at the stage of maturity.
Termites often cause damage to crop roots, stems of growing plants, and dead plant tissues.
Damaged plants withers completely and are easily uprooted from the ground.
If well-decomposed manure is not used, the soil is more susceptible to termite attacks.
Deep plough the field before sowing.
Use only well-decomposed manure
Must treat soil with insecticide Metarhizium Anisopliae
Raw dung manure should not be used because raw dung is the staple food of this insect.
Fill the termite mound with kerosene so that all other insects along with the termite queen die.
Do seed treatment with Chlorpyriphos (20% EC) @ 5 ml / kg seed before sowing.
To control termites, use Chlorpyriphos 20% EC @ 1 litre mixed with any fertilizer and broadcast in soil and irrigate it.

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The wheat crop can be damaged by termites either after sowing or sometimes at the stage of maturity.

Termites often cause damage to crop roots, stems of growing plants, and dead plant tissues.

Damaged plants withers completely and are easily uprooted from the ground.

If well-decomposed manure is not used, the soil is more susceptible to termite attacks.

Deep plough the field before sowing.

Use only well-decomposed manure

Must treat soil with insecticide Metarhizium Anisopliae

Raw dung manure should not be used because raw dung is the staple food of this insect.

Fill the termite mound with kerosene so that all other insects along with the termite queen die.

Do seed treatment with Chlorpyriphos (20% EC) @ 5 ml / kg seed before sowing.

To control termites, use Chlorpyriphos 20% EC @ 1 litre mixed with any fertilizer and broadcast in soil and irrigate it.