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IPM strategies for Pear

 Pear Pests

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<h3>Pests of National Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect Pests</h4>
<ul>
<li> San Jose-Scale: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)</li>
<li> Cock Chaffer beetle: Melolontha melolontha Fab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae</li>
<li> Pear psylla: Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster) (Hemeptera: Psyllidae),</li>
<li> Green peach aphis: Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)</li>
<li> Chaffer beetle: Protactia neglecta (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)</li>
<li>Stem borer: Aeolesthes sarta Solsky (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)</li>
<li> Root borer: Dorysthenes huegelii Redt. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li> Scab: Venturia pirina (Cooke) Wint </li>
<li> Seedling blight: Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.</li>
<li> Hairy root: Agrobacterium rhizogenes Conn</li>
<li> Crown gall: Agrobacterium tumefaciens Smith &amp; Townsend</li>
<li> White root rot: Dematophora necatrix Berl. exPrill.</li>
<li> Collar rot: Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert&amp; Cohn) J. Schröt </li>
<li> Powdery mildew: Podosphaera leucotricha (Ellis &amp;Everh.) E.S. Salmon </li>
<li> Leaf spot: Mycosphaerella sp., Alternaria sp</li>
</ul>
<h3>Weeds</h3>
<h4>Broad leaf</h4>
<li> Tropical spider wort: Commelina benghalensis L. (Commelinaceae)</li>
<li> Creeping wood sorrel: Oxalis corniculata L. (Oxalidaceae)</li>
<li> Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)</li>
<li> Sowthistles: Sonchus spp. (Asteraceae)</li>
<li> Congress grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae) </li>
<li> Fine leaf fumitory: Fumaria parviflora L. (Fumariaceae)</li>
<li> Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae) </li>
<li> Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)</li>
<li> Common sorrel: Rumex dentatus L. (Polygonaceae) </li>
<li> Yellow sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)</li>
<li> Creeping Thistle: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop (Asteraceae)</li>
<h4>Grasses</h4>
<ul>
<li> Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon L. (Poaceae)</li>
<li> Cogon grass: Imperata cylindrical (L.) Raeusch. (Poaceae) </li>
<li> Blanket grass: Axonopus compressus (Sw.) Beauv. (Poaceae)</li>
<li> Large crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis L. (Scop.) (Poaceae) </li>
<li> Knot grass: Paspalum distichum L. (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sedges</h4>
<ul>
<li> Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
<li> Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pest of Regional Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect Pests</h4>
<ul>
<li> Codling moth: Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)</li>
<li> Thrips: Taeniothrips sp. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
<li> Mites: Eutetranychus orientalis Klein, Panonychus ulmi Koch Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Tetranychidae)</li>
<li> Flat headed borer: Sphenoptera lafertei (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)</li>
<li> Leopard moth: Zeuzeram multistrigata (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) </li>
<li> Leaf roller: Archips argyrospilus Walker (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)</li>
<li> Green weevil: Phyllobuis sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) </li>
<li> May, June beetle: Adoretus sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) </li>
<li> Green capsid: Lygus pabulinus Hahn (Hemiptera: Miridae)</li>
<li> Green aphis: Aphis pomi L. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) </li>
<li> Stik bug: Euschistus conspersus Uhler (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae),</li>
<li> Tent hairy caterpillar: Malacosoma indica Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)</li>
<li> Hairy caterpillar: Euproctis sp. (Lepidoptera: Lymantridae)</li>
<li> Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbelaqua drinotata Walker (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae) </li>
<li> Fruit fly: Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera:Tephritidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li> Dieback: Colletotrichum spp. </li>
<li> Virus diseases </li>
<li> Mycoplasma diseases</li>
<li> Shoot/fruit blight and bark canker: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. and Phoma glomerata (Corda) Wollenw. &amp; Hochapfel</li>
<li> Root rot and sapwood rot: Polyporus palustris Berkeley et Curtis, Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst, Schizophyllum commune Fries</li>
</ul>
<h4>Rodent pests</h4>
<ul>
<li> Smaller bandicoot: Bandicota bengalensis L</li>
<li> Soft furred orchard rat: Melardia meltada Thomas</li>
<li> Vole: Alticola sp.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="float: left; ">IPM for Pear</h3>
To know the IPM practices for Pear, <a class="internal-link" target="_blank" href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-pear/pear-crop-stage-wise-ipm">click here.</a>
Source:<a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Pear.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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