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IPM Strategies for Castor

Castor Pests 

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<h3>Pests of National Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect Pests</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>Tobacco caterpillar:</b> Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)</li>
<li><b>Castor semilooper:</b> Achaea janata (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)</li>
<li><b>Shoot and capsule borer:</b> Conogethes (Dichocrocis) punctiferalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>Seedling blight:</b> Phytophthora colocasiae Rac.</li>
<li><b>Alternaria blight:</b> Alternaria ricini (Yoshii) Hansford</li>
<li><b>Cercospora leaf spot:</b> Cercospora ricinella Saccardo &amp; Berlese</li>
<li><b>Powdery mildew:</b> Leveillula taurica (Lev.) Arm.</li>
<li><b>Wilt:</b> Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Weeds</h4>
<h5>Broad leaf</h5>
<ul>
<li><b>Pigweed:</b> Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li><b>Swine cress:</b> Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. (Brassicaceae)</li>
<li><b>Black nightshade:</b> Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae)</li>
<li><b>False amaranth:</b> Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h5>Grasses</h5>
<ul>
<li><b>Rabbit/crow foot grass:</b> Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)</li>
<li><b>Crabgrass:</b> Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. (Poaceae)</li>
<li><b>Burmuda grass:</b> Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h5>Sedges</h5>
<ul>
<li><b>Purple nutsedge:</b> Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
<li><b>Flat sedge:</b> Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pests of Regional Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>Red headed hairy caterpillar:</b> Amsacta albistriga (Walker), A. mooreii. Butler (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)</li>
<li><b>Bihar hairy caterpillar:</b> Spilosoma obliqua (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)</li>
<li><b>Whitefly:</b> Trialeurodes ricini Misra (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)</li>
<li><b>Thrips:</b> Retithrips siriacus, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
<li><b>Hairy caterpillars:</b> Euproctis fraternal Moore (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)</li>
<li><b>Castor spiny caterpillar: </b>Ergolis (Ariadne) merione ( Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)</li>
<li><b>Jassid:</b> Empoasca fl avescens Fabricius (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)</li>
<li><b>Tussock caterpillar: </b>Orgyia postica (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)</li>
<li><b>Castor slug:</b> Parasa lepida (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)</li>
<li><b>Serpentine leaf miner:</b> Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) (Diptera: Agromyziidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Disease</h4>
<ul>
<li><b>Collar rot:</b> Phytophthora spp.</li>
</ul>
<h3 style="float: left; ">IPM for Castor</h3>
<p>To know the IPM practices for Castor, <a class="internal-link" target="_blank" href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-oilseeds/ipm-strategies-for-castor/crop-stage-wise-ipm">click here.</a></p>
<p><b>Source:</b> <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Castor.pdf" target="_blank" title="niphm.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)"><i>NIPHM</i></a> and <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)"><i>Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</i></a></p>
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