TOMATO Fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) It is a major pest of tomato. Main hosts are gram, cotton, citrus, indigo, cowpea, groundnut, linseed, sunflower, bhendi, chilli, millets, tobacco, etc. Young larvae feed on tender foliage and full-grown caterpillars attack fruits. They make circular boreholes and thrust their head inside fruit and eat inner contents. […]
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GLOSSARY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – Words and Its meanings start with Letter Cl
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Pest Affecting Cardomom and Betelvine – Pest control Studymaterial
CARDAMOM Shoot/panicle/capsule borer Conogethes punctiferalis (Pyraustidae: Lepidoptera) It is a serious pest of nurseries in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Alternate hosts are castor, turmeric, guava, mulberry etc. Larvae bore in to pseudostem of seedlings and feed on nursery plants and young tillers in plantation. Infestation is indicated by the presence of entry holes plugged […]