Tomato Pests
WhiteFly
Symptoms
- Chlorotic spots
- Yellowing
- Downward curling and drying of leaves
- Vector of tomato leaf curl disease
Identification
- Egg: Pear shaped, light yellowish, stalked.
- Nymph: On hatching - Oval, scale-like, greenish white.
- Adult: White, tiny, scale-like adults.
Management
- Install yellow sticky traps @ 12 /ha to attract the adult.
- Remove alternate weed host Abutilon indicum.
- Uproot and destroy the diseased leaf curl plants.
- Use nitrogen and irrigation judiciously.
- Spray any one of the following insecticides.
|
Insecticide |
Dosage |
|---|---|
|
40 kg/ha |
|
|
1 ml/lit |
|
|
1.8 ml/lit |
|
|
3 ml/ 10lit |
|
|
Spiromesifen 22.9 SC |
1.25 ml/lit |
