| Common Species: | |
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Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) |
| Common Name: | |
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Indian cotton jassid |
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Cotton leaf hopper |
| Damaging Stage: | |
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Nymphs and adults
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| Crops Afected: | |
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Eggplant, okra, tomato, mungbean, cowpea, corn, cotton
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| Characteristics Damage: | |
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Affected leaves become yellow, crinckled around the margin and show upward curling.
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Leaf tips and margins become necrotic. |
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Severely infested leaves may become bronzed and show burn-like appearance, plants may become stunted. |
| Control and Management: | |
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Monitor the area regularly.
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Use of resistant varieties, if available. |
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Intercrop with sunflower, green gram (Vigna radiata) and black gram (Vigna mungo). |
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Prune infested leaves and dispose properly. |
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Apply insecticides such as chlorpyrifos+BPMC (e.g Brodan®), acephate (e.g. Acetam®) and buprofezin (e.g. Applaud®) when necessary. |
| References: | |
| http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=20857 | |
