Plant Protection

(1) Management of Late Blight          (2) Integrated Management of Bacterial Wilt                (4) Management of other Insect and Pests

(3) Management of White flies and Aphid Vectors

(i) Place yellow sticky traps (15x30 cm² size) just above the canopy height @60 traps per hectare at equidistance from each other for mass trapping of white flies/aphids.

(ii) Seed treatment with imidacloprid (200 SL) @0.04% (4 ml/10 lit) for 10 minutes before planting.

(iii) First spray with imidacloprid (200 SL) @0.03% (3 ml/10 lit of water) at the time of emergence of crop, if needed

(iv) Second spray with thiamethoxam (25 WG) @0.05% (5 gm/10 lit of water) after 15 days of crop emergence.

White Flies                                                                                                    Aphids