Chemical management

  • Soil application - Malathion 5 D @ 25 kg/ ha at the time of planting 
  • Treat the soil with phorate 10 G @ 100 g/palm
  • Drench the rhyzosphere with chlorpyrifos 20 EC 5 ml/lit suspension.
  • The treatment should be given twice, first during April-May after the receipt of pre-monsoon showers and second during the month of September.