Chemical management

  • Swab Coal tar + Kerosene @ 1:2 or Carbaryl 50 WP 20 g/lit on the basal portion of the trunk (upto 3 feet height)
  • Padding with monocrotophos 36 WSC 10 ml on 2.5 cm /tree soaked in absorbent cotton.
  • If infestations are severe then apply the copper oxychloride paste on the trunk of the tree.
  • Hook out the grub from the bore hole and apply monocrotophos 10 to 20 ml/ hole (or) one celphos tablet (3 g aluminum phosphide) per hole plug with mud.
  • Apply carbofuran 3G @ 5 g per hole and plug with mud.