Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Leaf miner
Cucumber
Symptoms
- Leaves with serpentine mines.
- The maggot punctures the epidermal layers and scraps the chlorophyll content between the layers.
- In severe cases, the photosynthetic activity is reduced and leads to death of the plant.
- In severe cases, defoliation occurs.
Preventive Measures
Growing tomato or marigold as a trap crop for the management of leaf miner.
Control Measures
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Description
- Warm weather conditions are favorable for multiplication.
- The incidence leaf miner was recorded from third week of February to fourth week of April.
- The yield losses up to 41%.