Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Whitefly
Sugarcane
Symptoms
- Yellowing of leaves and later it shows pale in colour.
- Leaf turns pinkish or purple and later gradually dry.
- Infested leaves look white and black dots.
- In severe cases it look like fiery appearance.
- It shows very slow in growth of plant.
Preventive Measures
Avoid water stagnation and provide proper drainage facilities. Detrashing of cane at the 5th and 7 th month.
Avoid the excess application of fertilizers.
Control Measures
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Mix in 200 liters of water and spray.
Or
Description
- Temperature range of 10 to 32oC favours development of white flies.
- The pest is more common during the dry season.
- In case of severity yield loss up to 86.0% can be occurs.