Insect pest of sugarcane crop and their management
1. Submitted to;
Dr. C. Narender reddy,
Professor,
Dept. of Entomology.
Submitted by;
Md. Abdul Malik,
ID.No. RAM/16-36.
2. Insect pest Scientific name Family Order
Chilo infuscatellus Pyralidae Lepidoptera
Chilo sacchariphagus
indicus Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Scirpophaga nivella Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
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5. Attack 1-3 month old crop and cause
Dead heart , which can be easily
pulled out.
Rotten portion of the cane coloured
dead heart emits an offensive odour.
A number of bore holes at the base
of the shoot just above the ground
level.
DEAD HEART
ROTTEN BASE
WITH HOLE
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
6. Larva
Adult
Larvae are white with a black
head which later become
creamy in colour with
prominent brown spots
Body bearing stout hairs in
each section of the body
Adult moths are yellowish or
straw coloured with thin brown
lines along the length of the
forewings
Hind wings in females are white
but slightly darker in males
7. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Constricted and shortened
internodes, with a number of
boreholes filled with excreta
at nodal region.
Reddening of affected
tissues inside the cane.
Fresh borer attack is mostly
found in the top five
immature internodes and its
activity continues till harvest.
Multiple holes with
excreta outside
Hole just
above the
node
8. Adult
Larva
Egg
Milky white moth
Brownish tuft of
silken hair at the
tip of abdomen
Full grown larva
is 25- 30mm
Long creamy
white & rather
sluggish.
Adult
Dull white elongate
eggs
Covered by buff
coloured hairs
from female anal
tuft
9. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Parallel rows of short holes
in the emerging leaves causes
a white streak which later
turns reddish brown
Dead heart in grown up canes
reddish brown in color which
cannot be easily pulled .
In tillering phase of the crop,
the attacked shoots die, side
shoots (tillers) develop
producing a bunchy top
appearance Bunchy
top
Parallel
rows of
short
holes
10. Time of planting
Early planting during December –
January to escape the shoot borer
incidence.
Manuring
Avoid excess use nitrogenus fertilizers.
Stalk borer and internode borer.
Trash mulching and earthing up
Early shoot borer and Internode borer
Detrashing
Internode borer and Stalk borer
IPM for Sugarcane borers
EARTHING UP
DETRASHING
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Use of pheromone traps @ 5/acre for
monitoring of adult moths
11. Removal and destruction of infested cane
Early shoot borer
Collection and destruction of eggs
Internode borer and Top borer
Cultivation of resistance variety
Co 975, Co 46, Co 7304, Co 312,
Co 421, Co 661, Co 7706, CO 7005
Irrigation at closer intervals for managing
Practice deep harvesting to destroy
stubbles
Early shoot borer
Removal of water shoots to destroy
Top shoot borer
12. For Early shoot borer :
• Trichogramma chilonis
For Internode borer :
• Trichogramma chilonis
For Top borer :
• Trichogramma chilonis or T. japonicum
• Isotima javensis
Release 50,000 Trichogramma sp./ha at 10-20 days interval from
July onwards upto October against cane borer complex.
Release of Isotima javensis against 3rd and 4th broods of top borer.
S. inferens
I. javensis
13. Insecticide and
formulation
Dosage Method and time of
application
SHOOT BORER
Chlorpyrifos 20EC 1kg a.i ha -1 (5 litre) Soil drenching at planting
and if need be at 45 days
after planting.
Cypermethrin10%
EC
260-304 ml in 200-
280 l of water/acre
Sprayed around the base of
plants at 30days and if need
be at 60days after planting.
Fipronil 5%SC 1500-2000 ml/ha Properly sprayed on crop
canopy as well as basal part
of the plant after 30-45 days
of planting
NSKE 5 % 25 Kg/ha Sprayed on soil as well as on
crop to prevent larval feeding
14. TOP BORER
Carbofuran 3 G or
Phorate 10 G
1 kg a.i./ha (33 kg)
or
3 kg a.i./ha (30 kg)
Soil application during last
week of June or first week of
July against third brood of
the pest in sub-tropical India.
INTER NODE BORER
Monocrotophos 36
SL
3 kg a.i./ha (7.5 lit.)
Both foliar and Soil
application during July-
August.
Continued…
15. The eggs are oval creamy white when
fresh and later turn to brown in colour
The newly hatched grub is white &
scarabaeiform
The pupa is exarate type and pupation
takes place in soil
- Generally the adults are lamellate
and males being smaller than female.
- Dark brown beetles.
16. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Both grub and adult cause the
damage
Grub feeds on fine rootlets and
then girdles of the main roots .
Yellowing and wilting of leaves
and finally dries out
Affected canes come off
easily when pulled
17. Cultural Methods
Collection and destruction of adult beetles from host
trees.
Picking of grubs manually from field
Repeated ploughing & exposing various stages of
grub to their natural enemies.
The use of light trap.
Biological Methods
Bacillus popillae (Bacteria)
Beauveria bassiana (Fungus)
IPM strategy for White grub
Chemical Methods
The adult can be controlled by -
Carbaryl 0.1%
Monocrotophos 0.05%
Chlorpyriphos 0.05%
The grub can be controlled by -
Phorate 10 G @25 kg per ha.
Carbofuran 3G @35 kg per ha.
(Light trap)
18. Workers attack the
newly planted setts and
affect germination.
They enter through cut ends of
setts & feed on the soft tissue.
The tunnel is filled with the soil.
The termites attack setts, shoots,
canes and also stubbles
Entire shoot dries up and can
be pulled out easily
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
19. The use of partially decomposed manure should be
avoided
Locate and destroy the termite colony near by field
Irrigation water with crude oil emulsion.
The removal of decaying organic matters cow dung,
wood or dry stubbles from the field.
Setts treatment with Imidacloprid (0.1%) or
Chlorpyriphos 20 EC 0.04 % for 5 min.
Application of well rotten Neem cake manure @ 60
Cartloads/ ha.
Spray Chlorpyriphos 20%EC 750 ml/ha
IPM strategy for Termite
20. Pale greenish yellow eggs in clusters
Eggs are laid on the underside of leaves,
covered over with a white filamentous
waxy material secreted by the female
Newly hatched nymphs are milky
white in color
They posses a characteristic feather
like processes covered by wax
Adults are straw coloured with wings
folded like a roof on the back
Head is prominently drawn forward as
a sort of rostrum.
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21. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Adults and the nymphs suck leaf
sap from the under surface of the
lower leaves.
Leaves become yellow, top
leaves get dried up and lateral
buds germinate
Hoppers exude honeydew, result
the leaves are completely covered
by the sooty mould. This affects
photosynthesis.
Black sooty
mould
Yellowing in
leaf
22. Burn trashes after harvesting canes
Remove lower leaves bearing egg cluster.
Ratooning should be avoided
Balance Nitrogen should be applied.
Dust malathion 5% @ 40kg/ha. or
Spray malathion 50 EC @ 1.25kga.i./ha.
Release of 8,000-12,000 cocoons or 3.2 to 4
lakh eggs of Epiricania melanoleuca per ha.
during July-August
Use Metarhizium anisopliae (fungal pathogen)
IPM strategy for Pyrilla
E. melanoleuca
23. Nymphs and adults feed by sucking
the juice and cause shrivelling up
and stunting of canes.
Nodal region is more infested than
internodal region.
Infested crop losses its vigour, canes
shrivel, non-opening of leaves &
ultimately cane dries up
Such canes when slit open appear
brownish red
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Node
24. Stripping of cane leaves may minimize attack
Select and plant the scale insect free setts
Avoid water stagnation for the longer period
Detrash the crop at 150th and 210th day of planting.
Give hot water treatment before planting
Presoak the setts in 0.1% solution Malathion 50 EC
Spray 1.25 litres of Malathion 50 EC or 2 litres of
Di-methoate 30 EC in 1250 litres of water per ha
Spray methyl demeton 25 EC @ 2ml/lit of water
IPM strategy for Sugarcane Scale
25. SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Pinkish oval insects beneath leaf
sheath & on the nodes, with whitish
waxy coating.
Nymph and adult suck juice from cane in group
& reduces vigour of the plant
It also attack roots
Honey dew secretion leads to development of
Sooty mould which gives blackish appearance
to canes.
26. IPM strategy for Sugarcane Mealy bug
Use resistant varieties like CO 439, CO 443, CO 720, CO 730
Drain excess water from the field
Detrash the crop on 150 and 210 Days After Planting.
Apply methyl parathion 50 EC 1000 ml.
Rubbing of setts with gunny bag pieces dipped in Malathion
(0.1% solution.)
Biocontrol agents
Brumoides suturalis
Leptomastix dactyolopii
B. suturalis L. dactyolopii
(Predator
)
(Parasitoid)
27. Nymphs and adult
of C. lanigera
Alate (winged) form
of C. lanigera
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Nymphs and adult feed in groups
and weaken cane
Leaves turn yellow color because of
sucking sap by these aphids
Sooty mould growth on lower leaves
of woolly aphid infested plant.
( Affected plant leaves )
28. Removal of water shoots
Detrashing of canes in woolly aphid prone areas.
IPM strategy for Sugarcane Woolly Aphid
Dipha aphidivora Micromus igorotus
Biocontrol agents
Syrphid larvae Aphelinus desantisi
( PREDATORS ) ( PARASITOID )
Release of M. igorotus @ 2600 grubs/ha
Release of Dipha aphidivora @ 1000 larvae/ha
29. Soil application of phorate 10G @ 10 kg or
carbofuron 3G @ 30 kg /ha in
Foliar application of dimethoate 30 EC @
0.05% acephate 75 SP
@ 0.1% at 15-20 days
interval depending on pest population.
Synonycha
grandis (Thunberg)
Megalocaria
dilatata (Fabricius
Coelophora
biplagiata (Swartz)
OTHER NATURAL PREDATORS
32. REFERENCES
Atwal, A.S. 1976. Agricultural Pests of India and South
East Asia. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana.
Vasantharaj David, B. 2003. Elements of Economic
Entomology. Popular Book Depot,Coimbatore.
Vasantharaj David, B and Aanathakrishnan, T.N.. 2006.
General and Applied Entomology. Tata McGraw-Hill
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