Large cardamom Pests

Pest of Major Significance

Insect pests

• Leaf eating caterpillar: Artona chorista (Jordon,) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)
• Banana aphid: Pentalonia nigronervosa (Goot) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Shoot fly: Merochlorops dimorplrus (Cherian) (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Diseases

• Chirkey virus disease
• Foorkey virus disease
• Wilt: Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. emend. Snyder & Hansen
• Seedling rot & collar rot: Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. Emend. Snyder & Hansen

Weeds

Grasses

• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers (Poaceae)
• Switchgrass: Panicum sp (Poaceae)
• Crowfoot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd, (Poaceae)
• Large crabgrass: Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) (Poaceae)
• Common barnyardgras: Echinocholoa crus-galli (L.), E. colona (Poaceae)
• Goosegrass: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner. (Poaceae)
• Wrinkled duck-beak: Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. (Poaceae)
• Signalgrass: Brachiaria sp (Poaceae)
• Torpedograss: Panicum repens L. (Poaceae)
• Southern cutgrass: Leersia hexandra, Swartz (Poaceae)

Broadleaf

• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
• Lesser swine-cress:Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.( Brassicaceae)
• Black nightshade: Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae)
• False amaranth:Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae)
• Common purslane:Portulaca oleracea L.( Portulacaceae)
• Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
• Broadleaf woodsorrel: Oxalis latifolia Kunth, (Oxalidaceae)
• False daisy:Eclipta alba, (L.) Hassk. Asteraceae
• Cock's comb: Celosia argentea L. (Amaranthaceae)
• Asthma herb/Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)
• Yellow spider flower: Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae)
• Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)

Sedges

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L (Cyperaceae)

Nematode

• Root knot nematode: Meloidogyne incognita

Pests of Minor Significance

Insect pests

• Hairy caterpillar: Eupterote spp. (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)
• Aphid: Micromyzus kalimpongensis (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Maize aphid: Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch, (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Stem borer: Glyphipterix spp (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae)
• Leaf thrips: Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis Bouche, Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Lace-wing bug: Stephanitis typica Distant, (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
• White grub: Holotrichia sp, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Green beetle: Basilepta femorata, Jacob, (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)
• Rhizome weevil: Prodioctes haematicus Cherro Jat, (Curculionidae :Coleoptera)

Diseases

• Flower rot: Fusarium & Rhizoctonia sp.
• Leaf spot: Pestalotiopsis versicolor, (Speg.) Steyaert,
• Leaf streak: Pestalotiopsis roynae, Speg
• Leaf blight: Colletotrichum sp.

IPM for Large Cardamom

To know the IPM practices for Large Cardamom, click here.

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