CARDAMOM :: INDEX :: PESTS OF CARDAMOM

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PEST OF CARDAMOM

mAJOR pESTS

1. Cardamom thrips

2. Cardamom whitefly

3. Cardamom aphid

4. Shoot, panicle & capsule borer

5. Rhizome weevil

6. Early capsule borer

7. Hairy caterpillar

8. Galerucid borer

mINOR pESTS

1. Shootfly

2. Brown scale

3. Root borer

4. Skipper butterfly

5. Looper

6. Cutworm

7. Lacewing bug

8. Root knot nematode

9. Red spider mite

CARDAMOM :: INDEX :: PESTS OF CARDAMOM

II. PESTS OF CARDAMOM
About 56 species of insects and mites have been reported to attack cardamom in India.