Sunday, April 21, 2019

Spices & Plantation crops X. Cashew


X. Cashew
1. Stem and root borer: Plocaederus ferrugineus :Cerambycidae: Coleoptera.

  • Eggs: Dirty-white.
  •  Larva: Large & dirty white in colour.
  • Adult is a medium-sized, dark-brown longicorn beetle.
  • Wilting of branches and the tree.







2. Tea mosquito bug Helopeltis antonii :Miridae: Hemiptera.
  • Nymphs are greenish yellow 
  • Adult: Adult is a reddish brown bug with black head, red thorax.
  • Blossom-blight and die-back.




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