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How do I control fruit fly and downy mildew in sponge gourd (gilki)?

Sponge Gourd📍 Muzaffarpur
SSanjay5mo ago · 231 views

my gilki fruits have maggots and the leaves get yellow angular patches, how to manage

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🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓5mo ago

Maggots in the fruit are from fruit fly, the main pest of all gourds, managed with cucurbit pheromone traps, prompt removal and destruction of infested and fallen fruit, and bagging young fruits on small plots. Yellow angular patches on the upper leaf with greyish mould underneath are downy mildew, which spreads in humid weather and worse in dense vines, so train on a trellis for air flow, avoid evening overhead watering, and apply a recommended fungicide following the label if pressure is high. Keep the field free of old crop debris. Since fruit is picked often, respect the pre harvest interval for any spray. Confirm the diagnosis and current recommendations with your KVK before spending on chemicals.

MManoj4mo ago

Same as the other gourds, fruit fly traps and removing fallen fruit work better than spraying alone for the maggots. The trellis air flow cut my downy mildew a lot in the humid rainy crop.

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