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Post-Flowering Stage Insect Pests. Introduction
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Post-Flowering Stage Insect Pests Introduction Number of pest species inflict damage to crops during their growth and development in the field. Some pests are associated with specific crop growth stage while others may occur during more than one or during all crop growth stages. It is imperative to study pest profile of crops for better understanding of crop-pest interactions. Post-flowering stage pests mainly damage reproductive plant parts and comprise of pests such as fruit borers, ear cutting caterpillar, stem borer etc. and are thus economically very important. Tomato fruit –damaged by fruit borer Courtesy: keteneworkzn.info End Next
Rice Yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas Stem borer Brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (BPH) Brown planthopper Grasshopper Hieroglyphus banian Grasshopper Ear cutting caterpillar Mythimna separata Ear cutting caterpillar End Previous Next
Potato Potato tuber moth Phthorimoea operculella Potato tuber moth Courtesy: discoverlife.org Hadda beetle Epilachna vigintioctopunctata Hadda beetle Courtesy: baovethucvat.org White grub Holotrichia conferta White grub Courtesy: toxipedia.org End Previous Next
Potato Aphid Myzus persicae Aphis gossypii Aphid Courtesy: entnemdept.ufl.edu Whitefly Trialeurodes vaporarium Bemisia tabaci Whitefly Courtesy: ivia.es Tobacco caterpillar Spodoptera litura Tobacco caterpillar Courtesy: baovethucvat.org End Previous Next
Banana Scale moth Nacoleia octasema Rhizome weevil Courtesy: article.wn.com Rhizome weevil Cosmopolites sordidus Pseudostem borer Odioporus longicollis Psedostem borer Courtesy: article.wn.com End Previous Next
Banana Banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa Banana aphid Courtesy: ecoport.org Mealy bug Pseudococcus sp. Mealy bug Courtesy: itp.lucidcentral.org2 End Previous Next
Mango Stem borer Bactocera rufomaculata Mango stem borer Courtesy: wharsthatbug.com2 Bark eating caterpillar Indarbela tetraonis I. quadrinotata Bark eating caterpillar Courtesy: web.pau.edu Red ant Oecophylla smaragdina Red ant Courtesy: www. Shutterstock.com End Previous Next
Mango Fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis Mango nut weevil Sternochetus mangiferae Fruit borer Hyalospila leuconeurella End Previous Next
Grape Fruit sucking moth Otheris fullonica O. Materna O. ancilla Semilooper Achaea janata Stem borer Sinoxylon anale End Previous Next
Grape Grapevine thrips Rhipiphothrips cruentatus Aleurocanthus spiniferus Thrips Courtesy: longislandhydro.com Stem girdler Stethenias grisator Mealy bug Ferrisia virgata Maconellicoccus hirsutus Leaf eating caterpillar Courtesy: powellgardens.wordpres Leaf eating caterpillar Spodoptera litura End Previous Next
Tomato Fruit borer Helicoverpa armigera Fruit borer Courtesy: ketenworkzn.info Serpentine leaf miner Liriomyza trifolii Serpentine leaf miner Courtesy: ikisan.com Tobacco caterpillar Spodoptera litura Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Tobacco caterpillar Courtesy: baovethucvat.org Aphids Aphis gossypii Whitefly Courtesy: ivia.es End Previous Next
Let’s Sum Up Post-flowering insect pests Rice: Yellow stem borer, BPH, Grasshopper, Ear cutting caterpillar Potato: Potato tuber moth, Hadda beetle, White grub, Aphid, Whitefly, Tobacco caterpillar Mango: Stem borer, Bark eating caterpillar, Red ant, Fruit fly, Mango nut weevil, Fruit borer Grape: Fruit sucking moth, Semi-looper, Stem borer, Grapevine thrips, Stem girdler, Mealy bug, Leaf eating caterpillar Tomato: Fruit borer, Serpentine leaf miner, Tobacco caterpillar, Whitefly, Aphids End Previous