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Ber Pests

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<h3>Pests of National Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect and mite pests</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fruit fly: Carpomyia vesuviana Costa (Diptera: Tephritidae) </li>
<li>Fruit borer: Meridarchis scyrodes Meyr (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) </li>
<li>Green slug caterpillar: Thosea sp. (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) </li>
<li>Mite: Larvacarus transitans Ewing (Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae) </li>
<li>Grey hairy caterpillar: Thiacidas postica Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) </li>
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<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fruit rot: Alternaria spp, Phoma spp., Colletotrichum spp., Trichothecium spp, Cladosporium spp.</li>
<li>Powdery mildew: Oidium erysiphoides f. sp. ziziphi Link </li>
<li>Sooty mould: Capnodium spp. </li>
<li>Leaf spot: Isariopsis clavispora Berk. &amp; M.A. Curtis, Cercospora spp, Cladosporium spp Link</li>
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<h3>Weeds</h3>
<h4>Broad leaf</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae) </li>
<li>Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L.( Asteraceae) </li>
<li>Congress grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. Asteraceae </li>
<li>Horse Purslane: Trainthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae) </li>
<li>Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L (Chenopodiaceae) </li>
<li>Yellow sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae) </li>
<li>Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae) </li>
<li>Sorrel: Reumex dentatus L. (Acanthaceae) </li>
<li>False amaranthus: Digera arvensis Forsk (Amaranthaceae) </li>
<li>Common cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium L (Euphorbiaceae) </li>
<li>Puncture Vine: Tribulus terrestris L (Zygophyllaceae) </li>
<li>Creeping thistle: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Asteraceae) </li>
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<h4>Grassy weeds</h4>
<ul>
<li>Crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Poaceae </li>
<li>Yellow foxtail: Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae) </li>
<li>Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae </li>
<li>Torpedo grass: Panicum repens L. (Poaceae) </li>
<li>Crows foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sedge</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. Cyperaceae </li>
<li>Yellow nut sedge: Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperaceae</li>
</ul>
<h3>Birds</h3>
<ul>
<li>Rose ringed parakeet: Psittacula krameri Scopoli (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae) </li>
</ul>
<h3>Pest of Regional Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li>Stone Weevil: Aubeus himalayanus Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) </li>
<li>Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela quadrinotata walker (Lepidoptera: Metarbedelidae) </li>
<li>Blue butterfly: Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) </li>
<li>Mite, Eriophyes cernus Mssee (Acari: Eriophyidae) </li>
<li>Leaf miner: Cameraria spp (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) </li>
<li>Grey weevil: Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Marshall Faust, M. dentifer (Fabricius), M. blandus Faust, Amblyrrhinus poricolli Schoenherr(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) </li>
<li>Leaf eating caterpillar: Euproctis spp (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)</li>
<li>Lac insect: Kerria sp </li>
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<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Die back: Phytophthora spp. </li>
<li>Black fruit spot: Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="float: left; ">IPM for Ber</h3>
To know the IPM practices for Ber, <a href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-ber/ber-crop-stage-wise-ipm" target="_blank" class="internal-link">click here.</a>
Source: <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Ber.pdf" target="_blank" title="niphm.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">NIPHM</a>; <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://ppqs.gov.in/" target="_blank" title="ppqs.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)">Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</a>
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