About Lesson
Banana scaring beetle (Nodostoma viridipeinnis, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera)
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- Highly during the rainy season.
Damaging stage:- Adult (mostly aerial), larva (root)
Damaging symptoms:- Adults attack aerial parts and larvae attack root and soft epidermal cells.
Identification :-
- Egg:- Pale lemon and yellow egg in
- Larva:– Yellow reddish-brown head , inside
- Pupa:- Inside soil
- Adult: red head and black elytra, Overwintering.
Management –
- Deep plowing of infested field.
- Wrapping of
- Used chemical before 9 AM
- Carbonyl WP (0.1%) , Thiodane 35% 1ml/lit
- Spray suicide 20% 5 ml/lit.
