Green Gram

Pest and Disease Management
Pests
Thrips

  • Symptoms:
  • These are very small and dark brown insects feeding on stigma inside the flower.
  • The flower falls before opening and there is an elongation of the terminal shoots.
  • In severe conditions plant shows bushy and dark green in colour, bearing few pods with shrivelled grains.
  • Prevention:
  • Irrigate the field with regular interval of 15 days results in low build-up of thrips.
  • Spray dimethoate 30 EC + flubendiamide 20%WG @ 120ml/acre to crop at bud initiation stage to reduce the damage.