Insect pest problems

Insect pest problems  at national level

Major insect-pest problems in India - 1

BPH and green leaf hoppers, yellow stem borer, leaf roller, gundhi bug on paddy

Helicoverpa on chickpea, pigeonpea, tomato and sunflower

Whitefly on tobacco together with other sap sucking insect pests on cotton

Leaf miners, especially serpentine leaf miner on several vegetable crops

Fruit fly on fruits and vegetables; hoppers and fruit flies on mango, trunk borer, fruit flies,       mealy bugs, bark eating caterpillar, castor capsule borer and pomegranate 

butterfly on guava.

—  Mealy bugs on many field and horticultural crops

—  Thrips on groundnut, cotton, chilli, roses, grapes, citrus and pomegranate

—  Gall midges on paddy and fruit crops

—  DBM on cole crops – cabbage in particular

—  Leaf hoppers and wooly aphid on sugarcane

Major insect-pest problems in India – 2

Shoot fly and shoot bugs’ infestation on sorghum and other millets are on the rise at the national scale

Blister beetle menace in kharif  pulses, oilseeds and okra records from the north western parts of the country

Increased semi-looper complex infestation in soybean, greengram, cowpea and blackgram

Polyphagous pests like termites, white grubs, hairy caterpillars, and tobacco caterpillar in many agroecosystems are still a cause of serious concern

Coconut eryophiid mite, red palm weevil, coffee berry borer, sapota seed borer, the spiralling white fly and mirid bug infestations are on the increase in the southern states

—  Stem and root borer, tea mosquito bug, apple and nut borer, thrips and mealy bugs are major problems of cashew plantations