CSA Xpert
Categories
Weather
Pulse Crops
Black gram (Vigna mungo) and Green gram (Vigna radiata)
Integrated insect pest management in Green gram and Black gram
Sucking pests
Pod bug (Riptortus pedestris, Clavigralla gibbosa, C. horrens)
Identification symptoms
Identification symptoms
Pods with black spots
Shedding of green pods
Poorly filled pods with shrivelled grains inside.
The bugs are seen clustered around the pods