Pests of National Significance Insect Pests and mites Mango hopper: Idioscopus clypealis Lethierry , I. nitidulus Walker and Amritodus Atkinsoni Lethierry.Idioscopus niveosparsus Leth together (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Mango mealy bug: Drosicha mangiferae Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Fruit fly: Bactrocera dorsalis, HendelB. Correcta Bezzi and B. zonata Saunders (Diptera: Tephritidae) Inflorescence midge: Erosomyiaindica Grover, Dasineuraamraramanjarae, ProcystiphovramangiferaeBitancourt& Jenkinsand Procontare niamatteiana (Diptera Cecidomyiidae) Stem borer: Batocera rufomaculata DeGeer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela quadrinotata Walker (Lepidoptera: Metarbedelidae) Stone Weevil: Sternochetus mangiferae Fabricius (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) Shoot Borer: Chlumetia transversa, Walker, (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Leaf Webber: Orthaga exvinascea Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Shoot gall psylla: Apsyllaci stellate Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Red ant: Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Eriophyid mite: Aceria mangiferae (Eriophyidae: Acarina) Stone weevil: Sternochetus mangiferae Fab. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae Termites: Odontotermes obesus, Microtermes obesi (Isoptera: Termitidae) Diseases Powdery mildew: Oidium mangiferae Berthet Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Ston, Spaull and Schrenk Die back: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. (Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.) Sooty mould: Meliola mangiferae Earle (Capnodium mangiferae Cke. & Brown) Mango malformation complex: Fusarium mangiferae Wollenweber & Reinking, etc. Gummosis: Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon and Mauble (Synonyms: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. Physalospora rhodina Cooke, perfect stage of Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. Post-harvest disease Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz.and Sacc Aspergillus rot/Black mould rot: Aspergillus niger Van Tiegh Stem end rot: Lasiodiplodia theobromae Pat. Griffon & Maubl. Weeds Bermuda grass : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae) Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cypraceae) Biden spilosa: L. Spanish needles, (Asteraceae) Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L., (Asteraceae) Silk leaf: Lagascea mollis Cav, Asteraceae) Madras leaf-flower: Phyllanthus madraspatensis L, (Euphorbiaceae) Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Loranthaceae) Pests of Regional Significance Insect pests Scale insects: Chloropulvinaria polygonata Cockerell, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Homoptera: Coccidae) (Utter Pradesh, Karnataka) 11 Shoot borer: Chlumetia transversa Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (Karnataka, Rajashtan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat) Shoot gall psylla: Apsylla cistellata Buckton (Psyllidae :Homoptera) (Bihar, Utter Predesh) Leaf webber: Orthaga euadrusalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Tamil Nadu) Thrips: Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, (Gujarat, West Bengal) Caliothrips indicus, Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus (Thysanoptera:Thripidae) Red spider mite: Oligonychus mangiferus Rahman and Sapra (Acari: Tetranychidae) (Bihar) Diseases Phoma blight: Phoma glomerata (Cords) Woll. Hochapf (Uttar Pradesh) Bacterial canker: Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferae-indicae (Maharashtra) Red rust,: Cephaleuros virescens Kunze Scab: Elsinoe mangiferae Bitancourt and Jenkins = anamorph: Sphaceloma mangiferae Bitancourt and Jenkins Root Rot & Damping off: Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn IPM for Mango To know the IPM practices for Mango, click here. Source: NIPHM and Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage