Pest management
Thrips : (Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus Hood)
Symptoms
• Generally
will infest from bud sprouting to fruit set stage.
• Small blotches of either yellow or white in colour appear on leaves.
control measures
Spray Dimethoate 0.06% at late flowering followed by Acephate 0.1125% to
control the pest. (b) Scirtothrips dorsalis has a similar
occurrence and mode of damage as the above species, and controlled by two
sprays of Monocrotophos 0.05% or Acephate 0.1125% at 10 days interval.