Chemical management
- Avoid
use of synthetic pyrethroids
- Avoid
using insecticides at the time of fruit maturation and harvest
- Spray any one of the following chemicals starting from one month after planting at 15 days interval viz., Azadirachtin 1.0% EC (10000 ppm) 3.0 ml/lit or Azadirachtin 0.03 % WSP (300 ppm) 5.0 g/lit or Chlorpyrifos 20 % EC 1.0 ml/lit or Dimethoate 30 % EC 7.0 ml/10 lit or Emamectin benzoate 5 % SG 4 g/10 lit or Flubendiamide 20 WDG 7.5 g/10 lit or Phosalone 35 % EC1.5 ml/lit or Quinalphos 25 % EC1.5 ml/lit or Thiodicarb 75 % WP 2.0 g/lit or Thiometon 25 % EC 1.0 ml/lit or Trichlorofon 50 % EC1.0 ml/lit or Triazophos 40 % EC 2.5 ml/lit.
- Three sprays with carbaryl 3 g/l or profenofos 2ml/l or cypermethrin1
ml/l at 10 day interval from 3 weeks after transplanting
Note:
Acaricidal spray should be given after two rounds of spray with carbaryl as
mites may flare up.