tea mosquito bug damaging cashew flowers and tender shoots Konkan
How to control tea mosquito bug in cashew (kaju) in the Konkan?
SSadanand1 साल पहले · 425 व्यू
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi Teamविशेषज्ञ ✓1 साल पहले
Tea mosquito bug is the most damaging cashew pest in the Konkan, sucking sap from tender shoots, flower panicles and young nuts and leaving dark sunken lesions, with losses that can be very heavy in coastal humid conditions. Manage it with well timed sprays at three stages, at flushing, at flowering and at nut formation, using recommended insecticides and rotating chemicals to avoid resistance, while following label dose and pre harvest interval. Prune to open up the canopy for light and air, and remove dense overlapping growth that the pest hides in. Some Vengurla series varieties show relatively lower susceptibility. Time the first spray with new flush appearance, as early control prevents the build up that hits flowering.
PPrakash Gawde1 साल पहले
Timing is everything with this pest in Sindhudurg. If I miss the spray at flushing and flowering the panicles get blasted and nut set crashes. Three well timed sprays save the crop.
VVishal1 साल पहले
Pruning to open the tree helped me, the bug loves dense shady canopies. After I thinned the branches the damage came down and spraying worked better as the spray reached inside.