CSA Xpert
Categories
Weather
Integrated Insect pest management (IPM)
Rhizome borers
Rhizome fly (Mimegralla coeruleifrons)
Management
Cultural Management
Cultural Management
Removal of dead hearts and rotting rhizomes along with maggots after harvest.
Avoiding water logging in the field.
The puparia are parasitized by
Trichopria
sp.