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Drumstick Pests

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<h3>Pests of National Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<p>Except bark eating caterpillar all the insect pests of drumstick reported here are specific to drumstick (monophagous) (Satti et al. 2013)</p>
<ul>
<li>Moringa hairy caterpillar:<i> Eupterote mollifera Walker</i> (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae) </li>
<li>Moringa budworm:<i> Noorda moringae Walker</i> (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae)</li>
<li>Leaf caterpillar: <i>Noorda blitealis Walker</i> (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae)</li>
<li>Pod fly: <i>Gitona distigma Meigen</i> (Diptera: Drosophilidae)</li>
<li>Bark eating caterpillar:<i> Indarbela tetraonis Moore</i> (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Damping off: <i>Pythium aphanidermatum</i> (Edson) <i>Fitzp, P. debaryanum R. Hesse, and Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn</i></li>
<li>Twig canker:<i> Fusarium pallidoroseum</i> (Cooke) Sacc</li>
</ul>
<h3>Weeds</h3>
<h4>Major Kharif weeds</h4>
<strong>Broadleaf</strong> 
<ul>
<li>Pigweed: <i>Amaranthus viridis Hook</i>. F. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li>Swine cress:<i> Coronopus didymus</i> (L.) Sm. (Brassicaceae)</li>
<li>Black nightshade: <i>Solanum nigrum</i> L. (Solanaceae)</li>
<li>Common purselane:<i> Portulaca oleracea</i> L. (Portualacaceae)</li>
<li>False amaranth: <i>Digera arvensis Forssk. </i>(Amaranthaceae)  Grasses</li>
<li>Rabbit/crow foot grass:<i> Dactyloctenium aegyptium</i> (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)</li>
<li>Crab grass: <i>Digiteria sanguinalis</i> (L.) Willd. (Poaceae)</li>
<li>Barnyard grass:<i> Echinochloa crusgalli </i>(L.) Scop. (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
<strong>Sedges </strong> 
<ul>
<li>Purple nutsedge: <i>Cyperus rotundus</i> L. (Cyperaceae) </li>
<li> Flat sedge: <i>Cyperus iria L.</i> (Cyperaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Major Rabi weeds</h4>
<strong> Broadleaf</strong> 
<ul>
<li> Lamb’s quarter: <i>Chenopodium album</i> L. (Chenopodiaceae) </li>
<li> Scarlet pimpernel: <i>Anagallis arvensis </i>L. (Primulaceae) </li>
<li> Sweet clover:<i> Melilotus indica</i> (L.) All. (Fabaceae) </li>
<li>Fine leaf fumitory: <i>Fumaria parviflora Lam</i>. (Fumariaceae)</li>
<li> Corn spurry: <i>Spergula arvensis</i> L. (Caryophylliaceae)</li>
</ul>
<strong> Grasses </strong> 
<ul>
<li> Blue grass: <i>Poa annua</i> L. (Poaceae) </li>
<li> Canary grass: <i>Phalaris minor Retz.</i> (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h3>IPM for Drumstick</h3>
<p>To know the IPM practices for Drumstick, <a href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-vegetables/ipm-strategies-for-drumstick/drumstick-crop-stage-wise-ipm" target="_blank" class="internal-link">click here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Source : <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="https://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Drumstick.pdf" target="_blank" title="External website that opens in new window"><i>NIPHM</i></a>, <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://ppqs.gov.in" target="_blank" title="External website that opens in new window"><i>Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</i></a></strong></p>
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