Chemical management

  • Spray insecticides: Malathion 50 EC 0.1% or dimethoate 30 EC 0.06 %, two rounds, one at flower formation and next at fruit set.
  • Flowering stage - spray NSKE 5 % or neem formulations 2 ml/lit.
  • During flowering and flower bud stage spray Malathion 50 EC 0.1%,  after 15 – 20 days spray dichlorvos @ 1 ml/lit or carbaryl 3 g /lit.