Sugarcane pest and their management ENTO -354

3. College Of Agriculture Pathri
Dharati Janseva Pratisthan Aurangabad’s
Tq. Pathri Dist.Parbhani
(Affiliated to V N M K V , Parbhani)

4. • Bhawar Vaibhav :- 2020AGPT006
• Parve Dinesh :- 2020AGPT084
• Parve Dipak :- 2020AGPT085
• Waghdhare Raj :- 2020AGPT116
• Gurav Shivam :- 2020AGPT039

5. SUGARCANE
 Scientific Name :- Saccharum barberi
 Famiy :- Poaceae
 Origin :- New Guinea
 Chromosome No. :- 110-120
 Type of Crop :- Cash Crop
 Pollination Type :- Cross
 World Largest Production :- Brazil (4,55,170)
 Indias Largest Production :- Uttar Pradesh (135.34ml/ton)

6. Sr No Common Name Scientific Name Family Order
A Borer pests
1 Early shoot borer Chilo infuscatellus Pyralidae Lepidoptera
2 Internode borer Chilo saccarifagus indicus Crambidae Lepidoptera
3 Top shoot borer Scirpophaga novella Pyralidae Lepidoptera
B Sucking Pests
4 Whitefly Aleurolobus barodensis Aleurodidae Hemiptera
5 Pyrilla(Leaf Hopper) Pyrilla perpusilla Fulgoridae(Lophopid
ae)
Hemiptera
6 White Wooly Aphid Ceratovacuna lanigera Pemphigidae Hemiptera
7 Mealy Bug Saccharicoccus sacchari Pseudococcidae Hemiptera
8 Scale insect Melanaspis glomerata Coccidae Hemiptera
C Soil Pests
9 Termi te Odontotermes obesus Termitidae Isoptera
10 White Grub(Root Grub) Holotrichia serrata Scarabaeidae Coleoptera

7. 1. Early shoot borer
 Scientific Name :- Chilo infuscatellus
 Family :- Pyralidae
 Order :- Lepidoptera
 Oviposition :- Underside of leaf sheath or leaves
 Pupation :- Inside stem
 Host Plant :- Sugarcane , Jowar & maize

8. Dead heart in 1-3 month old crop, which can be easily
pulled out, deadheart emits an offensive odour. A
number of bore holes at the base of the shoot just above
the ground level.
 Nature of damage :-
 Management
 Grow resistant varieties: CO 312 and CO 853
 Release parasitoid: Sturmiopsis inferens @ 125
gravid females
 Spray monocrotophos 36 SL 1000 ml or
chlorpyriphos 20 EC 1000 ml /ha
 Typical characters
 It is major pest in the early stage of the crop.
 ETL - 15% dead heart
 rotten portion of the straw coloured

9. 2. Internode borer
 Scientific Name :- Chilo saccarifagus indicus
 Family :- Crambidae
 Order :- Lepidoptera
 Oviposition :- on the sheath or leaves
 Pupation :- In the leaf sheath
 Host Plant :- Sugarcane , Jowar ,Maize , Rice & Sorghum

10.  Nature of damage
Management
 Neonate larvae feed on the leaf spindle or leaf sheath by
scarping the tissue
 Later the larvae bore into the tender cane top & most of
the borer attack is found in the top five immature
internode
 Formative internode are badly damaged, resulting in the
formation of Deadheart
 Avoid use of excessive nitrogen fertilizers
 Release egg parasitoid: Trichogramma chilonis @ 2.5 m.l /
ha – 6 releases
 Apply carbofuran 3G granules to soil @ 30kg/ha.

11. Scientific Name :- Scirpophaga novella
Family :- Pyralidae
Order :- Lepidoptera
Oviposition :- near mid ribs
Pupation :- nside the stem
Host Plant :- Sugarcane , Jowar & maize
3. Top shoot borer

12.  Nature of damage
 Dead heart in grown up canes, cannot be easily pulled
 parallel row of shot holes in the emerging leaves and red
tunnels in the midribs
 bunchy top appearance due to side shoots.
 Larva bores into the midrib of unfolded leaves, mine to the
base.

13.  Management
 Grow resistant varieties: Co 724, Co 1111
 Collect and destroy the egg masses
 Release Isotima javensis@ 100 pairs/ ha (prepupal parasitoid); egg parasitoids: Telenomus
beneficiens, Trichogramma chilonis; larval parasitoids: Goniozus indicus
 SprayChlorantraniprole18.5 SC 375 ml in 1000 L water per ha
 Typical characters
 Dead heart reddish brown in colour;

14.  Scientific Name :- Aleurolobus barodensis
 Family :- Aleurodidae
 Order :- Hemiptera
 Oviposition :- Near the midrib of leaves
 Pupation :-
 Host Plant :- Sugarcane (Monophagous pest)
4. Whitefly

15. Scientific Name :- Pyrilla perpusilla
Family :- Fulgoridae (Lophopidae)
Order :- Hemiptera
Oviposition :- on the underside of leaves.
Pupation :-
Host Plant :- Sugarcane, wheat, barley, oats, maize, sorghum,
5. Pyrilla (Leaf Hopper)

16.  Scientific Name :- Ceratovacuna lanigera
 Family :- Pemphigidae
 Order :- Hemiptera
 Oviposition :-
 Pupation :-
 Host Plant :- Sugarcane , Bamboo
6. White Wooly Aphid

17. Scientific Name :- Saccharicoccus sacchari
Family :- Pseudococcidae
Order :- Hemiptera
Oviposition :- Under Bark
Pupation :-
Host Plant :- Sugarcane , Sorghum , Grasses
7. Mealy Bug

18.  Scientific Name :- Melanaspis glomerata
 Family :- Coccidae
 Order :- Hemiptera
 Oviposition :- Laid inside scale
 Pupation :-
 Host Plant :- Sugarcane , Wild Grasses
8. Scale insect

19.  Scientific Name :- Odontotermes obesus
 Family :- Termitidae
 Order :- Isoptera
 Oviposition :-
 Pupation :-
 Host Plant :- Polyphagous Sugarcane
9. Termite

20.  Scientific Name :- Holotrichia serrata
 Family :- Scarabaeidae
 Order :- Coleoptera
 Oviposition :- In soil
 Pupation :-In soil
 Host Plant :- Sorghum, maize, pearl millet,
chillies, bhendi and brinja
10. White Grub(Root Grub)