Mealy Bugs | How to Control Mealy bugs| Sursuri, Ghaderay Best Control | Agriculture Expert

Agriculture Expert, is MSc hons Soil and Environmental Sciences. Agriculture Expert has a vast experience in the field of Crop Consultancy, Agriculture Pesticides and Fertilizer. Crop Nutrient Management and Diseases Identification in all Crop Expert Hoe manually with the help of spade under the canopy to expose mealy bug egg masses to sun light and natural enemies during June to December at two month intervals. Remove weeds which act as alternate hosts from January to April. Prune twigs to avoid moving females from soil to the trees with the help of pruning cutter. Inspect for pest every 2-3 days from December to January. Monitor previously attacked plants more regularly Inspect on: Tree trunks; Twigs; Leaves and inflorescence Look for: Presence of colonies; Black powdery appearance on leaves and branches due to honey dew secreted by mealy bug; Females are big with white powdery appearance to the body and necked eyes Apply sticky bands 6 inches above one meter on the tree trunk. Apply grease bands when natural enemies are rare. Sweep/collect nymphs from trunk near the bands and destroy manually Apply neem extract 2% as repellent. Apply gunny bags if natural enemies on trunks are abundant To enhance predators 1) Melathion and Bifenthrin Moderately hazardous (WHO class II); 80ml/100 litter on appearance directly on pest colonies; Apply once at the appearance of mealybug; Follow the safety measures Profenofos WHO class II; 200ml/100L of water; Apply once at the appearance of mealybug; Follow the safety measures Imidacloprid WHO class II; 250ml/100L of water; Not repeated more than twice during the season; Intervals of 5 days between applications; Follow the safety measures; Apply pesticides only on patches #mealybugcontrol