CITRUS - DISEASES AND PEST MANAGEMENT

CITRUS

DISEASES:

1.CITRUS GUMMOSIS

MANAGEMENT:

BORDEAUX PASTE OR ZNSO4 CUSO4 LIME 5:1:4 UPTO 60CM HEIGHT

SCRAP DISEASED PORTION APPLY BORDO PASTE AND THEN SPRAY 0.3%FOSTEYL-AL

DISEASE:

2.DIPLOIDIA GUMMOSIS

MANAGEMENT:

BORDO PASTE  AND BROKEN STEM CUTTING

DISEASE:

3.ANTHRACNOSE 

MANAGEMENT:  

1.PRUINING

2.SPRAY THRICE CARBENDAZIM 0.1% OR CAPTAFOL 0.2% AFTER PRUINING

3.PERIODICAL SPRAY OF BORDO MIX 1% OR FERBAM OR ZIREB OR CAPTAIN 0.15-0.2%

4.ZNSO4+CUSO4+LIME MIX 0.6:0.2:0.5 IN 100LTR WATER

DISEASE:

4.CITRUS CANKRE

MANAGEMENT: 

1.CONTROL LEAF MINER

2.THREE SPRAYINGS OF STREPTOCYCLINE1G+COPPER OXYCHLORIDE30G+10LTR WATER AT 20 DAYS INTERVALEFFECTIVE IN RAINY SEASON

DISEASE:

5.CITRUS TRISTEZA

MANAGEMENT: 

1.PERIODIC SPRAYING OF MONOCROTOPHOS 0.05% REDUCE SPREAD OF DISESE

DISEASE:

6.CITRUS GREENING

MANAGEMENT: 

1.CONTROLL PSYLLIDS WITH DIMETHIOATE 

2.SPRAY 500PPM TETRACYCLINE FORTNIGHTLY EFFECTIVE BUT NOT ECONOMIC.

DISEASE:

7.CITRUS EXOCORTIS

MANAGEMENT: 

KNIVES SHOULD CLEANED WITH TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE SOAP

PESTS:

1.LEMON BUTTERFLY

Lifecycle of The citrus butterfly Papilio demoleus: a. Female butterfly; b. Male butterfly; c. Egg; d. 1 st instar larvae; e. 2 nd instar larvae; f. 3 rd instar larvae; g. 4 th instar larvae; h. 5 th instar larvae; i. Pupa. Scale bars: a & b, 10 mm; c-i, 5 mm

MANAGEMENT:

1.HAND PICKING AT EARLY STAGE

2.SPRAY 0.05% QUINOLPHOS OR 0.1% CARBARYL

PESTS:

2.LEAF MINER

MANAGEMENT: 

1.REMOVAL OF INFESTED LEAVES AND THEIR DISPOSAL

2. 0.05% MONOCROTOPHOS OR PHOSPHAMIDON OR DIMETHIOATE OR

3.PROFENOPHOS + CYPERMETHRIN.     OR    4.TROZOPHOS + DELTAMETHRIN.                

PESTS:

3.CITRUS PSYLLA

MANAGEMENT: 

 1.SPRAY 0.03% PHOSPHAMIDON OR 0.025% MONOCROTOPHOS OR 0.04% FENITROTHION(JUNE AND JAN)

PESTS:

4.WHITE AND BLACK FLY

MANAGEMENT:  

1.SPRAY 0.05%MONOCROTOPHOS OR DIMETHIOATE OR PHOSPHAMIDON SECOND AND THIRD NYMPH 

2.SPRAY 0.08% MONOCROTOPHOS OR 0.1% DIMETHIOATE OR PHOSPHAMIDON FOR PUPAE

PESTS:

5.FRUIT SUCKING MOTH

MANAGEMENT: 

1.POISON BAITING (20ML MALATHION 50EC +200GM JAGGERY+2LTR WATER)

2.REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF FALLEN FRUITS