Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Rhizome fly
Ginger
Symptoms
- The maggots feed on the rhizome as a result of which yellowing of plants and rotting of rhizomes takes place.
- Dead hearts due to primary injury, wilting and drying of aerial plants can be seen.
- Rotting of rhizomes due to invasion of fungus, Pythium sp. through feeding injuries occurs.
Preventive Measures
Remove and destroy rotting rhizomes along with the maggots from the field after the harvest of the crop.
Control Measures
Mix in 200 litres of water and Drench
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Mix in 200 litres of water and Drench
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Description
- This pest appears from the beginning of October to till the crop harvest. Rhizomes fly damage during rhizome formation stage.
- The yield loss due to this pest is 48-50%.
