moong crop insects a lecture by mr allah dad khan
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Moong Crop Insects A Presentation To IPM Course/FFS Participants
ByMr. Allah Dad Khan
Provincial Coordinator IPM KPK For MINFAL Pakistan
Mustard Crop Insects A Presentation To IPM Course/FFS Participants
ByMr. Allah Dad Khan
Provincial Coordinator IPM KPK For MINFAL Pakistan
Crop: Black and Green GramScientific name: Vigna mungo, Vigna radiataFamily: Fabaceae
Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE Defoliation in early
stages Larva’s head alone
thrust inside the pods and the rest of the body hanging out.
Pods with round holes
Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Eggs – are spherical in shape and
creamy white in colour, laid singly
Larva - shows colour variation from greenish to brown. Green with dark brown grey lines laterally on the body with lateral white lines and also has dark and pale bands.
Pupa – brown in colour, occurs in soil, leaf, pod and crop debris
Adult - light pale brownish yellow stout moth. Fore wing grey to pale brown with V shaped speck.Hind wings are pale smoky white with a broad blackish outer margin.
Spotted pod borer: Maruca testulalis
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Defoliation in early stages
Larva’s head alone thrust inside the pods and the rest of the body hanging out.
Pods with round holes
Gram pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PESTLARVA - Greenish white with
brown head. It has two pairs of dark spots on the back of each segment
Adult - Forewings- light brown colour with white markings; Hindwings – white colour with brown markings at the lateral edge
Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Dropping of flowers and young pods
Older pods marked with a brown spot where a larvae has entered
Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST LARVAL – greenish initially,
turns pink before pupation.
It has 5 black spots on the prothorax
Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes
Presence of slug like caterpillar.
Honey dew secretion with black ant movements
Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST
Larva – It is flat and slightly rounded; Pale green with a rough skin.
Adult - moth is greyish blue with prominent black spots in the hind wings and a long tail; Ventral side of wings with numerous stripes and brown spots
Grass blue butterfly: Euchrysops cnejus
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes and presence of slug like caterpillar.
Larval entry hole on the pod is plugged with excreta
Grass blue butterfly: Euchrysops cnejus
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Larva - pale green or
yellow with a red line and short black hairs on the body.
Adult - butterfly is blue, medium sized with 5 black spots in the hind wings and two black spots in the inner margin.
Bean Aphids: Aphis craccivora
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE Leaves, inflorescence
stalk and young pods covered with dark coloured aphids
Honey dew secretion with black ant movements
Bean Aphids: Aphis craccivora
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST
Nymphs and Adult – dark coloured with cornicles in the abdomen
Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Leave mottled and yellowish in colour
Green colour insects found under surface of leaves
Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST
Adult – elongate, active, wedge shape, green insects
Pod bugs: Riptortus pedestris
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Pods with black spots Shedding of green
pods Poorly filled pods with
shriveled grains inside
Pod bugs: Riptortus pedestris
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST
Riptortus pedestris Brownish black and
hemispherical Nymphs – resemble
dark brown ants
Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Cluster on the plant parts and suck the sap
Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Nymphs and Adult
- sub globular, oval and greenish shield bug.
It has a characteristic buggy odour
Lab lab bug or Stink bug: Coptosoma cribraria
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Nymphs and Adult
- sub globular, oval and greenish shield bug.
It has a characteristic buggy odour
Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
Pods with black spots Shedding of green
pods Poorly filled pods with
shriveled grains inside
Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST
Riptortus pedestris Brownish black and
hemispherical Nymphs – resemble
dark brown ants
Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST
Riptortus pedestris Brownish black and
hemispherical Nymphs – resemble
dark brown ants
Blister beetle: Mylabris phalerata
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
The adult feeds voraciously on buds and flowers.
Blister beetle: Mylabris phalerata
IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEST Eggs - are light
yellowish in colour and cylindrical in shape.
Larvae - Young grubs are white in colour.
Adult – Elytra are black in colour with a round orange spot and two transverse wavy orange bands across the wings.
Blister beetle: Mylabris phalerata
SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE
The adult feeds voraciously on buds and flowers.