Pests of tuberose

1. PESTS OF TUBEROSE

2. PESTS
 Bud borer
 Weevils
 Thrips
 Aphids
 Red Spider mites
 Mealy bug

3. Common
name
Scientific
name
Family and
order
symptom image
Bud borer Helicoverpa
armigera
Noctuidae
lepidoptera
Larava bore
into buds and
flowers feeds
on the interal
content.
Weevils Myllocerus sp Curculionidae
coleoptera
Adult : feed
on the edge
of the leaves
(notching
effect).
Larvae :feed
on roots and
tunnel into
the bulbs.

4. Common
name
Scientific
name
Family and
order
symptom image
Thrips Thrips flavus Thripidae
Thysanoptera
Suck the sap
from the
leaves,flower
stalk and
flowers.The
inflorescence is
malformed.
Aphids Aphis
craccivora
Aphididae
Hemiptera
It occurs in
clusters and
feed on flower
buds and
young leaves.

5. Common
name
Scientific
name
family symptom image
Red spider
mite
(red or brown
coleor)
Tetranchus
urticae
Tetranchychidae
Acarina
Suck
sap,formation
of yellow strips
and streaks on
the foliage.
Mealy bug Ferrisis virgata Pseudococcidae
Hemiptera
Suck the sap
from the base
of the plants
and yellowing ,
drying of
leaves,
sootymould
over the
leaves and
reduction of
flower yield.

6. Bud borer weevil Red spider
mite
Thrips Aphid
Sprays of
Methyl
Parathion
0.05% .
Applying BHC
dust (10%) in
the soil before
planting
controls
larvae.
The weevils
can be
controlled by
the spray of
Thiodon @ 2.0
mg/litre.
Spraying with
Kelthane @
1.2% .
spraying the
plant with
0.1%
Malathion
Spraying the
infected plants
with Malathion
@0.1% at an
interval of 15
days is
effective
managements

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