
Agro Diesel (India) Private Ltd
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Pests Of Jatropha
Jatropha Curcas is getting importance commercially as the need of fossil fuels increases greatly and likewise Jatropha is an eco-friendly energy plantation. Plantation of this plant is considered to be an excellent fuel substitute and it is likewise extremely economical compared to other fuels. Recently, Jatropha is dealing with some difficulty with bugs and diseases. The pests are classified into 2 varieties: Pest that impact young plants and Pest that impact grown plants.
Young plant insects: Cutworm, Scarabeid Beetle, Army worm, Grasshopper.
Agrotis ipsilon: It is commonly called Cut worm. This pest impacts the seedlings and young Jatropha plants. If the plant is affected by the cutworm, the stem gets cut nearer to the soil surface area and this will shrunk the plant completely.
Control: This pest can be managed by choosing the larva found around the plants or by blending the bran, sawdust with insecticides.
Scarabaeid Beetle: This bug damages the root of the young plant. Initially, the larva takes in the natural matters present in the soil and then pertains to the root. The larva attack may kill the entire plant.
Control: The plant with great resistance power can conquer the insect. For heavy attack, insecticides with components carbosulfan and carbofuran can be utilized to kill the bug.
Army worm: Spodoptera litura presence can be determined by biting in the leaves. The severe infection could entirely eliminate the plants.
Control: Insecticides are used to manage the pests.
Grasshopper: This prevails insect found in several plants. Valanga nigricornis and Locusta migratoria commonly assaults the plant. The pest often attacks the young plant.
Control: The insecticides utilized betacyfluthrin, cypermethrin, thiodicarb, MIPC, and fipronil.
Pest observed in fully grown plants:
Pest of Stem: Ostrinia furnacalis, Xyleborus spp.
Ostrinia furnacalis and Xyleborus: This pest damages the Jatropha stem and it is commonly seen in Indonesia. The stem assaulted by this pest usually fall down. The existence can be identified by the larva penetration hole at the stem.
Control: The Insecticide normally utilized to control this pest is carbofuran.
Pest of leaf: The common pests observed are leaf caterpillar, Neetle caterpillar, Leaf hopper, Mite, Ear corn caterpillar.
Leaf Caterpillar: This pest can eat all the leaves of the plant in brief period. The quality and yield of the seeds get reduced due to the heavy attack.
Control: This can be controlled by picking the old larvae around the surface area and throwing away the assaulted leaves.
Needle Caterpillar: This caterpillar is covered with spines and produces a burning sensation when enabled to contact with skin as it produces certain chemical substance. Initially the bug crowded in the leaf and after that spread out all over the plant when it ages.
Control: Manually, the pest can be eliminated only by soaking it in water or kerosene. The heavy attack can be controlled by spraying organophosphate insecticides.
Leaf Hopper: This insect is found mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. The insect targets the leaf and sucks all the nutrients of the leaf and gets curls at the suggestion. Later, the entire leaf dry and die.
Control: The heavy attack can be managed by utilizing insecticides like imidachloprid, beta cyfluthrin or carbosulfan.
Mite: Mite also attacks the leaf and makes the whole plant weak. The bug presence can be determined when the leaf become yellowish, shrinks, reddens and drop. The bug can likewise be spread out through fallen leaves.
Control: Some preventive procedures can be done like correct sanitation and burning the fallen leaves. Heavy attack can be dealt with by spraying insecticides.
Some dreadful pest which attacks flower and fruit are, Stink bug (Nezara viridula)
Chrysocoris javanus, Tip borer caterpillar.
Stink Bug: Sting bug is a severe insect which assaults the plant throughout blossom duration so the crop yield totally drops. This insect is seen around the tropical region.
The hazardous enzyme in the plant diminishes the entire plant.
Control: Insecticides suggested for this pest is chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, alfamethrin, and lamda cyhalothrin.
Tip borer caterpillar: The insects commonly occurs attacks the plant in and this insect is seen extensively in tropical regions. The female bug laid the eggs on the tender part of the plant and the young larvae feed the young fruits and plant pointers.
Control: Manually, the attacked seeds are advised to burn. The insecticides like monocrotophos and bensultap are sprayed at the blooming season.