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INSECT AND MITE PESTS
OF TEA
UP COUNTRY LIVE WOOD TERMITE

Postelectrotermes militaris
INTRODUCTION
• Scientific name

: postelectrotermes militaris

• Family

: Katotermitidae

• Type

: pest (insect/mite)

• Common names : up country live wood termite
• Host plants

: Tea ( camellia sinensis )
LIFE CYCLE
Egg

Adult

Nymph
Eggs
• Eggs are minute and kidney shape.
• Transparent

• Eggs hatch within few days
Nymph
• Nymphs are able to produce majority of colony
workers.
• These workers do maintance ,feeding young's
and cleaning .
• No further development in worker termites.
• Some of the nymphs converted to
supplementary reproductors.
• These supplementary reproductors able to
produce eggs by parthenogenesis.
• Some of these nymphs convert in to a stage
called Brachyopterous nymps.
• These nymphs only have wing pads.
• Some convert into Alates .
• They have wings.
Adult
• Usually occur in up country tea plantations. Up country
confined to Maskeliya, Nuwaraeliya.
• Elevation is above 900m
• Usually remain as colonies. Single colony usually
confined into a single tea bush.
• Single colony consist of large number of individuals
3000-5000.
• These adult termites enter into the tea bush through
roots.
• When the colony reach maximum stage they migrate
from one tea bush to another tea bush via root
contact.
Damage
• Up country live wood termite gains entry into
the tea plants through the roots and construct
galleries within the woody tissues of the roots
collar and the finally branches
Damage symptoms
• When branches are affected prune cuts made at the
time of pruning would show cavities filled with fecal
matter and occasionally the termites as well.
• During the period of moisture stress one or two
branches on a bush may also show signs of wilting. Since
such wilting caused for reasons other than termite
infestation .
• Several branches tend to break off from the collar
region
Control
• All infested plants and roots
removed and burn.
Thank you

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Insect pest of tea

  • 1. INSECT AND MITE PESTS OF TEA UP COUNTRY LIVE WOOD TERMITE Postelectrotermes militaris
  • 2. INTRODUCTION • Scientific name : postelectrotermes militaris • Family : Katotermitidae • Type : pest (insect/mite) • Common names : up country live wood termite • Host plants : Tea ( camellia sinensis )
  • 4. Eggs • Eggs are minute and kidney shape. • Transparent • Eggs hatch within few days
  • 5. Nymph • Nymphs are able to produce majority of colony workers. • These workers do maintance ,feeding young's and cleaning . • No further development in worker termites. • Some of the nymphs converted to supplementary reproductors. • These supplementary reproductors able to produce eggs by parthenogenesis. • Some of these nymphs convert in to a stage called Brachyopterous nymps. • These nymphs only have wing pads. • Some convert into Alates . • They have wings.
  • 6. Adult • Usually occur in up country tea plantations. Up country confined to Maskeliya, Nuwaraeliya. • Elevation is above 900m • Usually remain as colonies. Single colony usually confined into a single tea bush. • Single colony consist of large number of individuals 3000-5000. • These adult termites enter into the tea bush through roots. • When the colony reach maximum stage they migrate from one tea bush to another tea bush via root contact.
  • 7. Damage • Up country live wood termite gains entry into the tea plants through the roots and construct galleries within the woody tissues of the roots collar and the finally branches
  • 8. Damage symptoms • When branches are affected prune cuts made at the time of pruning would show cavities filled with fecal matter and occasionally the termites as well. • During the period of moisture stress one or two branches on a bush may also show signs of wilting. Since such wilting caused for reasons other than termite infestation . • Several branches tend to break off from the collar region
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  • 10. Control • All infested plants and roots removed and burn.