- 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…