Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Shoot borer
Sugarcane
Symptoms
- Dead heart shows in 1-3 months old crop, which can be easily pulled out.
- Caterpillar bores into the central shoot and feeds on the internal tissue cause Dead heart.
- Rotten portion of the straw coloured shoot emits an offensive odour.
- A number of bore holes at the base of the shoot just above the ground level.
Preventive Measures
Remove and destroy the dead hearts along with larva. Deep summer ploughing.
Light earthing up of crops three months after planting.
Grow onion/garlic/coriander as intercrop.
In ratoon crop mulching with trash reduce shoot borer attack.
Mix and spread over soil
Install in the field
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Install in the field
Dosage: 1.0 Units / acre

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Control Measures
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
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Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
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Description
- Dead heart arises on after sixth month grownup canes, which cannot be easily pulled.
- Bore holes at the top of the shoot and shows bunchy top appearance.