Custard Apple Pests

Pests of national significance

Insect and mite pests

• Mealy bug: Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Fruit fly: Bactrocera spp, B. zonata Saunders (Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Scales: Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Fruit boring caterpillar: Heterographis bengalella Ragonot (Syn: Anonaepestis bengalella) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Diseases

• Fruit rot & Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. and Sacc. (Perfect stage Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk
• Alternaria leaf spot: Alternaria spp.
• Cylindrocladium leaf spot: Cylindrocladium colhounii and Cylindrocladium scoparium
• Diplodia rot: Botryodiplodia theobromae Patouillard
• Black canker: Phomopsis annonacearum (Bond) Mont.

Nematodes

• Spiral nematode: Helicotylenchus spp.
• Stint nematode: Tylenchorhynchus spp.

Weeds

Grasses

• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae
• Annual brachiaria: Brachiaria deflexa (Schumach.) Robyns Poaceae
• Viper grass: Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl.) Panzer. Poaceae
• Dropseed: Sporobolus diandrus (Retz.) P. Beauv., Poaceae

Broadleaf

• Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrum L. Aizoaceae
• Black nightshade: Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. Amaranthaceae
• Puncture vine: Tribulus terrestris L. Zygophyllaceae
• Common cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium L. Asteraceae
• Asthma herb/Spurge: Euphorbia hirta/geniculate L. Euphorbiaceae
• Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. Asteraceae
• Stone breaker: Phyllanthus niruri L. Euphorbiaceae
• Sensitive plant: Mimosa pudica L. Fabaceae
• Broadleaf woodsorrel: Oxalis latifolia Kunth Oxalidaceae
• Common Purslane: Portulaca oleracea Portulacaceae

Sedges

• Purple nut sedge: Cyperus rotundus L. Cypraceae

Rodents

• Soft furred field rat: Millardia meltada Gray
• Indian mole rats/Smaller: Bandicoota bengalensis Gray
• Common house rat: Rattus rattus Linn
• Bats

IPM for Custard Apple

To know the IPM practices for Custard Apple, click here.

Source: NIPHM, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage