TURMERIC AND GINGER
1. Shoot borer: Conogethes punctiferalis, Pyraustidae:
Lepidoptera
Symptoms
of damage
Pseudostem with bore holes plugged with
excreta, dead heart, panicles and spikes dry-up above the point of infestation
are the damages caused by the caterpillar.
2. Rhizome scale :Aspidiotus hartii: Diaspididae: Hemiptera
- Adult is yellow to deep yellow in colour.
- shrivelling of rhizomes and buds.
3. Leaf roller Udaspes folus :Hesperiidae: Lepidoptera.
- Larva : Smooth green larva with black head.
- Adult: Adult is a brownish black butterfly with eight white spots of different sizes on each fore wing and a large white patch on each hind wing.
- Leaf folding & defoliation
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