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Large cardamom Pests

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<h3>Pest of Major Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Leaf eating caterpillar:</strong> Artona chorista (Jordon,) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)</li>
<li><strong>Banana aphid: </strong>Pentalonia nigronervosa (Goot) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)</li>
<li><strong>Shoot fly:</strong> Merochlorops dimorplrus (Cherian) (Diptera: Chloropidae)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Chirkey virus</strong> disease</li>
<li><strong>Foorkey virus</strong> disease</li>
<li><strong>Wilt:</strong> Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. emend. Snyder &amp; Hansen</li>
<li><strong>Seedling rot &amp; collar rot:</strong> Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. Emend. Snyder &amp; Hansen</li>
</ul>
<h4>Weeds</h4>
<h5>Grasses</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bermuda grass:</strong> Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Switchgrass:</strong> Panicum sp (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Crowfoot grass:</strong> Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd, (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Large crabgrass:</strong> Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Common barnyardgras:</strong> Echinocholoa crus-galli (L.), E. colona (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Goosegrass:</strong> Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner. (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Wrinkled duck-beak:</strong> Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Signalgrass:</strong> Brachiaria sp (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Torpedograss:</strong> Panicum repens L. (Poaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Southern cutgrass:</strong> Leersia hexandra, Swartz (Poaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h5>Broadleaf</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pigweed: </strong>Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Lesser swine-cress:</strong>Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.( Brassicaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Black nightshade:</strong> Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae)</li>
<li><strong>False amaranth:</strong>Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Common purslane:</strong>Portulaca oleracea L.( Portulacaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Goat weed:</strong> Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)</li>
<li><strong>Broadleaf woodsorrel:</strong> Oxalis latifolia Kunth, (Oxalidaceae)</li>
<li><strong>False daisy:</strong>Eclipta alba, (L.) Hassk. Asteraceae</li>
<li><strong>Cock's comb:</strong> Celosia argentea L. (Amaranthaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Asthma herb/Spurge:</strong> Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Yellow spider flower:</strong> Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Carrot grass:</strong> Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)</li>
</ul>
<h5>Sedges</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Purple nutsedge:</strong> Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)</li>
<li><strong>Flat sedge:</strong> Cyperus iria L (Cyperaceae)</li>
</ul>
<h5>Nematode</h5>
<ul>
<li><strong>Root knot nematode:</strong> Meloidogyne incognita</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pests of Minor Significance</h3>
<h4>Insect pests</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Hairy caterpillar:</strong> Eupterote spp. (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)</li>
<li><strong>Aphid:</strong> Micromyzus kalimpongensis (Hemiptera: Aphididae)</li>
<li><strong>Maize aphid:</strong> Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch, (Hemiptera: Aphididae)</li>
<li><strong>Stem borer:</strong> Glyphipterix spp (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae)</li>
<li><strong>Leaf thrips: </strong>Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis Bouche, Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)</li>
<li><strong>Lace-wing bug: </strong>Stephanitis typica Distant, (Hemiptera: Tingidae)</li>
<li><strong>White grub:</strong> Holotrichia sp, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)</li>
<li><strong>Green beetle:</strong> Basilepta femorata, Jacob, (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)</li>
<li><strong>Rhizome weevil:</strong> Prodioctes haematicus Cherro Jat, (Curculionidae :Coleoptera)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Diseases</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Flower rot:</strong> Fusarium &amp; Rhizoctonia sp. </li>
<li><strong>Leaf spot:</strong> Pestalotiopsis versicolor, (Speg.) Steyaert,</li>
<li><strong>Leaf streak: </strong>Pestalotiopsis roynae, Speg</li>
<li><strong>Leaf blight:</strong> Colletotrichum sp.</li>
</ul>
<h3>IPM for Large Cardamom</h3>
<p>To know the IPM practices for Large Cardamom, <a href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-spice-crops/ipm-strategies-for-large-cardamom/large-cardamom-crop-stage-wise-ipm" target="_blank" class="internal-link">click here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Largecardamom.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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