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PESTS OF GINGELLY :: Major Pests :: Leaf Hopper


4.  Leaf hopper: Orosius albicinctus (Cicadallidae: Hemiptera)

 

Damage symptoms: Both nymphs and adults suck the sap from leaves and transmit phyllody disease.


Bionomics: Light brown coloured hoppers.

 

Management

  1.  Remove sesame phyllody diseased plants from the field.
  2. Spray dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml (or) methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha.