Jackfruit Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect pests

• Shoot and fruit borer: Glyphodes caesalis (Walker), (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Spittle bugs: Cosmocarta relata Distant (Hemiptera: Cercopidae)
• Mealybug: Drosicha mangiferae Stebbins (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
• Bud weevil: Ochyromera artocarpi Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela tetraonis (Moore) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
• Aphid: Greenidea artocarpi (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Leaf webber: Glyphodes bivitralis Gueneé (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Diseases:

• Soft rot or fruit rot: Rhizopus artocarpi Racib.
• Dieback: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.
• Leaf spot: Phyllosticta artocarpina Speg.
• Pink disease: Botryobasidium salmonicolaor (Berk. & Broome) & Corticium Salmonicolor (Berk. & Broome)

Weeds:

Broadleaf

• Asthma herb: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)
• Cock's comb: Celosia argentea L. (Amaranthaceae)
• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
• Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
• Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)
• Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L. (Fabaceae)
• Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L. (Cappariaceae)
• Horse Purslane: Trainthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)
• Creeping thistle: Cirisium arvense (L.) Scop (Asteraceae)

Grasses

• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae)
• Large crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis L.(Scop.) (Poaceae)
• Yellow foxtail: Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae)
• Goose grass: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner. (Poaceae)
• Rabbit/crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)

• Buffalow grass: Paspalum conjugatum Berggius (Poaceae)

Sedges

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cypraceae)
• Umbrella sedge: Cyperus difformis L. (Cyperaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Stem borer: Batocera rufomaculata (DeGeer) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Pink waxy scale: Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Thrips: Pseudodendrothrips dwivarna Ramakrishna & Margabandhu (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Aphid: Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Castor capsule borer: Dichocrocis punctiferalis (Gunee) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Fruit fly: Bactrocera umbrosa Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Disease

• Rust: Uredo artocarpi Berk. & Broome
• Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. &. Sacc

IPM for Jackfruit

To know the IPM practices for Jackfruit, click here.

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