Crop Stage: Nursery or Vegetative or Spike formation
Diseases & Pest Location:Idukki,Kozhikode,Wayanad (Kerala),Kodagu (Karnataka),Tamil Nadu
Major Insect Pests
Name of Insect |
Mealybug In Nursery |
Status of infestation |
Medium |
Pest Advisories |
Spray neem oil (0.5%), once infestation is noticed. |
Name of Insect |
Scale insect In Nursery |
Status of infestation |
Low |
Pest Advisories |
Spray neem oil (0.5%), once infestation is noticed. |
Major Plant Diseases
Name of Disease |
Stunt disease |
Status of infestation |
Low |
Pest Advisories |
Regular monitoring. Remove infected vines and destroy by burning or burying deep in soil.
Control the vector (mealy bugs) bydrenching neem oil (0.5%).
|
Name of Disease |
Slow decline |
Status of infestation |
Medium |
Pest Advisories |
- Remove and destroy severely affected vines.
- Apply neem cake @500g/vine and biocontrol agents like Pochonia chlamydosporia or Trichoderma harzianum @ 50g/vine and metalaxyl-mancozeb(0.125%) may also be applied.
|
Name of Disease |
Foliar infection/Foot rot |
Status of infestation |
Low |
Pest Advisories |
- Follow strict phytosanitation.
- After the receipt of few monsoon showers, all the vines are to be drenched at a radius of 45-50 cm with copper oxychloride 0.2% @ 5-10 litres/vine.
- A foliar spray with Bordeaux mixture 1% is also to be given. Alternatively, drenching and spraying with potassium phosphonate 0.3% @ 5-10 litres/vine (drench) or potassium phosphonate 0.3% @ 5 -10 litres/vine (drench) also may to be given.
|
Name of Disease |
Anthracnose |
Status of infestation |
Low |
Pest Advisories |
- Prophylactic spraying with Bordeaux mixture (1%) or carbendazim – mancozeb (0.1%).
|
Name of Disease |
Anthracnose In Nursery |
Status of infestation |
Low |
Pest Advisories |
- Spray Bordeaux mixture (1%).
|
Name of Disease |
Viral infection In Nursery
|
Status of infestation |
Low |
Pest Advisories |
- Regular inspection and removal of infected plants.
- Regular monitoring for insects and spray with neem oil(0.5%) whenever infestation is noticed.
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Issued By ICAR – INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SPICES RESEARCH, KOZHIKODE 673 012, KERALA
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