Cultural Management

  •  Field sanitation, uprooting and burning infested plants
  •  Remove dried leaves periodically and keep the field clean
  •  Prune the side suckers every month
  •  Use healthy and pest free suckers to check the pest incidence
  •  Do not dump infested materials into manure pit
  •  Uproot infested trees, chop into pieces and burn
  •  Use longitudinally split pseudostem trap at 65/ha