Banana pseudostem weevil ( Odoiporus longicollis, Curculionidae , Coleopteran)

• • Most active during summer and monsoon

Damaging stage:- grub and weevil .

Identification:-

• Egg:- Laying in each chamber of banana stem.
• Larva:-Creamy white soft legless, After hatch, tunneling.
• Pupa: Inside stem,fibrous cocoon, inside the
• Adult:- Shiny, reddish brown /black elytra covering half of abdomen 

Management:-

• Used healthy
• Field
• Pseudo stem
• Entomo pathogenic fungi (Beauveria bassiana).
• Cosmo lure trap @ 5 trap/ ha
• Botanical extract like annosome @ 2ml/lit of water 3 times at 10 days
• Fumigation of the bored hole with aluminum phosphate  @ 2 tablets, 5gm/ plant.
• Chloropyrifos 20EC @ 5 ml/L ,Malathiane 50 EC @2ml/L