PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Major Pests :: Stink Bug
5. Stink bug: Nezara viridula (Pentatomidae: Hemiptera)
Damage symptoms: Grains become chaffy or spotted black and get shrivelled. A stinking smell emanates from the bug.
Bionomics: Adult is green in colour. Nymph is brownish red with multi colour spots.
Management of ear head pests:
Apply any one of the insecticides at 25 kg/ha - carbaryl 10 D, malathion 5 D, or spray carbaryl 50 WP 750 g (or) endosulan 35 EC 750 ml/ha at 50% flowering stage.
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