this is a brief review about mango plant hopper

1. Mango hopper

2. Hopper’s distribution
& reproduction
 Prefer humid climate and therefore more attack on thick Canopy
plants.
 Active during Spring and Monsoon season I.e. Feb - April &
June –August.
 Spend Winter (dormant period) sitting around the main trunk.
 Suck sap from Inflorescence and tender shoots
 Excrete honey-dew
 Nymphs dull green, voracious feeders
 Very active from March – August
 Over-winter under tree bark
 Adults grayish, about 5 mm long
 200 eggs/female, singly embedded in plant tissue
 Inflorescence withers and turn brown
 Fruit drops pre-maturely
 Prefer humid climate

3. Life cycle & reproduction

4. Mode of damage
 damage by sucking cell sap & by egg laying in the
inflorescence & young leaves by injecting ovipositor. Which
ultimately affect on fruit setting.
 Inflorescence wither up & turn brown and loss 20- 100%
inflorescences.
 Excrete honey dews which serve as media for sooty mould
development which affect on photosynthesis.
 Both Nymphs and Adult damage the plant, but nymphs are
more harmful due to voracious feeding.
 Bear abnormal fruits
Sooty mould attacked
plant

5. Controlling
 Proper Pruning to allow sun light inside plant
canopy
 Remove bunched leaves & malformed panicles
Culturally
Bio logically
 Using natural predators (eg:- mantids,
neuropterans, and mites )
 Using parasites ( Pipunculus annulifemer, larvae
of Epipyrops fulginosa etc.)
 Or using pathogens (like entomogenous fungus)

6. Chemically
 Using malathion
 Alcoholic extraction of neem oil
 Spearmint oil, citronella oil or lemongrass oil etc.
 Insecticides – BUPROFEZAIN(0.0125%)