NABARD Grade A Notification, Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Mock Test Series 2022
Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the post of Assistant Manager in Grade ‘A’ in the Rural Development Banking…
New variety reported by researchers – plant belonging to ginger family
New variety spotted in Mizoram Researchers from Mizoram and Kerala have identified a new plant variety, a wild relative of…
Rice Cultivation
Area & Distribution Area : India > China > Indonesia Production : China > India > Indonesia Productivity: USA >…
Pink bollworm
Introduction Identification Life cycle Damage Management Download Pdf
Caster semilooper
Introduction •Distribution and status: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines. •Host range: Castor, rose, pomegranate, tea, citrus, mango,…
Groundnut Aphid
•Serious pests •Distribution and status: India, Africa, Argentina, Chile, U.S.A. Europe and Australia. •Host Plants: Groundnut, beans, safflower, lablab, niger,…
Castor Capsule borer
Introduction •Damage caused by : Caterpillar Identification •Larvae : – full-grown 25-30 mm length, reddish brown, with black blotches all…
Mustard sawfly
Introduction •Host plant : mustard, toria, rapseed, cabbage, cauliflower, knol-knol, turnip, radish, etc. •Damage caused by : larvae Identification •Larvae…
Mustard aphid
Introduction •Distribution and status: Distributed worldwide and is a serious pest •Host range: Cruciferous oilseeds like toria, sarson, raya, taramira…
Brinjal shoot & fruit borer
Distribution and status : •India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Srilanka, Laos, South Africa, Congo. It is a major and regular…
Painted bug
Introduction •Distribution and status: Widely distributed in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Arabia and East Africa. •Host range: Crucifers, rice, sugarcane,…
Cabbage caterpiller
•Serious peat of cabbage, cauliflower, knol-knol, & also attack on turnip, radish, sarson, toria, and other cruciferous plant. •Damage caused…
Ber fruit fly
Distribution and status: Countrywide distribution Host range: Ber Make cavities in the skin of fruit & lay 1-2 spindle shaped…
Cabbage semilooper
•Distribution and status: USA, India and Sri Lanka •Host range: Cabbage, tomato and other cruciferous vegetables. Damage symptoms •Caterpillars start…
Diamond back moth
Distribution and status: World – wide Host range: •Serious past of Cabbage and cauliflower, but also feeds on other crucifers…
Anar butterfly
•Distribution and status: All over India. •Host range: Aonla, apple, ber, citrus, guava, litchi, loquat, peach, mulberry, pear, sapota, tamarind….
woolly aphid
•Distribution and status: Hilly tracts in India and world •Host range: Apple Symptoms of damage •Nymphs and adults suck the…
Citrus caterpillar/ lemon butterfly
•Distribution : Africa, Japan •Hoat plant : citrus & Various other species of the family rutaceae. Identification •Egg : pale…
Fruit borer /Gram pod borer/Gram caterpillar
•Distribution and status: World wide •It is polyphagous pest •it is serious pest chickpea, pigeonpea, pea mungbean, urdbean, lentil,…
Citrus Psylla
•Distribution and Status: America, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Japan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia and China •Host range: Citrus, certain deciduous plants…