Pests of national significance Insect and mite pests White grub: Holotrichia spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Aphids: Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Spotted pod borer: Maruca vitrata Geyer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri Pruthi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Pod bugs: Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae); Clavigralla gibbosa (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Diseases Fusarium wilt: Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht) Snyder & Hansen Charcoal rot or ashy stem blight: Macrophomina phaseolina (Maubl.) Mung bean yellow mosaic virus Bacterial blight: Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola Van Hall, Bacterial leaf spot: Xanthomonas phaseoli (Burkholder) Starr & Burkholder. Cercospora leaf blight: Cercospora spp Weeds Broad leaf Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae) Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L (Capparidaceae) Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae) False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) Grasses Rabbit/Crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae) Crab grass: Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Willd. (Poaceae) Sedges Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae) Yellow nutsedge: Cyperus esculentus L. (Cyperaceae) Nematodes Root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne spp. Reniform nematode: Rotylenchulus reniformis (Linford & Oliveira) Pests of Regional Significance Insect pests Hawk moth: Acherontia styx Westwood (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) (Rajasthan) Hairy caterpillar: Amsacta spp. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) IPM for Mothbean To know the IPM practices for Mothbean, click here. Source: NIPHM; Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage