Cultural Management

  • Deep ploughing after summer showers would expose the pupae and beetles to hot sun or birds predations.
  • Mass collection and destruction of beetles from the branches of neem, subabul, Acacia, ber trees immediately after receiving summer showers.
  • Flooding the field for 24 hours kills grub population.
  • Utilisation of fungal pathogens like Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria brongniartii is now under consideration