White flies can ruin the crop, control it like this

Whitefly outbreak occurs in many crops like brinjal, tomato, cotton, gourd, cucumber, chilli, potato, urad, moong, etc. Due to the infestation of this pest, there is a huge reduction in the yield of crops. In such a situation, it is very important to identify this pest to protect the crops from the outbreak of white flies. Through this post, let us get detailed information on white fly identification, symptoms of outbreak and methods of control.

white fly identification

• These flies are white in color with wings.

• Being small in size, they fly fast.

• The eggs of these flies are white and beige in colour.

• Small insects live in groups on the underside of leaves and suck the sap of the leaves.

white fly damage

• White flies suck the sap of the leaves. Due to which the leaves start shrinking.

• After some time the leaves turn red and start falling.

• As the outbreak progresses, plant growth stops.

• Apart from this, white flies work to spread virus-borne diseases from one plant to another.

Methods of control of white fly

• For white flies, place 4 to 6 pheromone traps in the ground.

• To get rid of white flies, mix 50 ml country hawk in 150 liters of water and spray it on the plants. (This quantity is per acre of farmland.)

• Apart from this, you can spray with Imidacloprid 17.8 percent SC per liter of water.

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• Get information on Integrated Pest Management from here.

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