sugarcane insect pest

The sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is an important insect pest of sorghum and sugarcane crops throughout the United States and Mexico.

Which are the major pest of sugarcane?

Early shoot borer	Internode borer	Sugarcane wolly aphid
Mealybug	White grub	Grasshopper

Which is the boring pests of sugarcane?

Pest Management

Sl.No	Common Name	Scientific Name
2	Internode borer	Chilo sacchariphagus indicus
3	Top borer	Scirphophaga excerptalis
4	Termites	Odontotermes obesus
5	White grubs	Holotrichia Consanguinea

What are the common insect pests?

Insect pests of vegetables

Aphids.
Caterpillars.
Cutworms.
Grasshoppers and locusts.
Thrips.
Weevils.
Whiteflies.
Mites.

What are the diseases of sugarcane?

Sugarcane: Diseases and Symptoms

Red rot.
Wilt.
Grassy shoot.
Smut.
Leaf scald disease.
Red striped disease.
Mosaic disease.
Pokkahboeng.

What is a cotton pest?

Two of the major cotton pests are the boll weevil and the pink bollworm. ... The weevil is a pest which primarily attacks flowers and bolls. A boll weevil can destroy the cotton lint with its feces and consume the cotton seeds. There is currently an eradication program for the boll weevil.

Which one is a pest of wheat?

Wheat Pests and Their Management

Common name^a	Scientific name	Order
Wheat head armyworm	Faronta diffusa (Walker)	Lepidoptera
Wheat ground beetle	Zabrus tenebroides (Goeze)	Coleoptera
Cereal leaf beetle	Oulema melanopus (L.)	Coleoptera
Wheat wireworm	Agriotes mancus (Say)	Coleoptera

How do you increase the weight of sugarcane?

A method of increasing the sugar/ sugar cane weight ratio in sugarcane crop which comprises applying ammonium salt of 2,3,6-trichlorobenzoic acid to the crop at a period not more than two months prior to harvesting but more than about 10 days before harvest, in an amount suflicient to increase the percentage of sugar ...

Which one is the root borer of sugarcane plants?

Polyocha depressella Swinhoe (=Emmalocera depressella (Swinhoe)) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is the only species of borer infesting the underground portion of sugarcane and, hence, referred to by its common name root borer or rootstock borer.

Which bio agent is commonly used to control woolly aphids in sugarcane?

In this study on sugarcane woolly aphid Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner (Hemiptera: Aphididae), a pest native to northeastern India that invaded tropical Indian states from 2002 onwards, we examined the role of predators as natural biocontrol agents and the possibility of using Micromus igorotus Banks (Neuroptera: ...

Which insect is a pest Are there any in your house?

When you think of house pests, insects may be the first critters that come to mind. After all, who likes seeing ants or flies infesting their home? Other common house insects include feared pests such as termites, bed bugs and cockroaches.

What insect means?

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum. ... Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae.

What is difference between insect and pest?

Pests are small creatures, organisms that are notorious of destroying crops, food, causing diseases, and attacking livestock. Insects are also small creatures that can be classified into insect pests and beneficial insects.

Why does sugar cane turn red?

Sugar cane is red because in the process of storage, fermentation phenomenon happened or is happening red rot, tip rot disease, and in the process of fermentation and disease will produce a variety of, eat the red sugar cane can produce poisoning symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, serious damage to health.

What is sugar cane used for?

Plant and uses. Sugarcane is a giant tropical grass from the family Graminaceae, whose stalk has the particular capacity to store a crystallizable sugar, sucrose. Its main use is in industrial processing of the stalks to make rum.

What is the most destructive disease of sugarcane?

Among all the diseases, fungal disease named red rot of sugarcane is the most threatening disease of sugarcane, rightly called as 'Cancer' of sugarcane. It causes severe loss in yield and quality of the sugarcane.

What insect destroys cotton crops?

What adult boll weevils lack in size they make up for with their larvae's ability to feed on and destroy cotton. Boll weevils entered the U.S. from Mexico in the late 1800s, when they were first spotted in Texas. By the 1920s they had spread through all of the major cotton-producing areas in the country.

What is a major insect predator of cotton crops?

Two of the 50 potential cotton pests, the pink bollworm and boll weevil, most consistently elude these hungry cotton field predators and parasites. Both pinkie and the boll weevil feed internally on squares and bolls, thereby escaping enough of the common cotton field beneficials to pose chronic problems.

What is eating my cotton clothes?

Cotton clothing happens to be one of the favorites of moths, so if you notice something eating only your cotton clothes, it may be from moth larvae damage. Since moths are a common pest of clothing, many people assume their torn up clothing comes from a moth.

What are the pests of rice?

Insects

Black bug.
Zigzag leafhopper.
Rice skipper.
Rice thrips.
Rice whorl maggot.
Mealy bug.
Mole cricket.
Ant.

How can we protect wheat from insects at home?

Rub the grains gently with turmeric powder and shade dried for half an hour before storage. Turmeric can be used in raw form also for protection. Its strong smell and insecticidal properties keep the insects away from food grains.