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Pests Of Jatropha

Jatropha Curcas is acquiring value commercially as the need of fossil fuels increases greatly and also jatropha curcas is an environmentally friendly energy plantation. Plantation of this plant is thought about to be an exceptional fuel replacement and it is likewise very cost-effective compared to other fuels. Recently, jatropha curcas is facing some difficulty with pests and diseases. The insects are categorized into two ranges: Pest that affect young plants and Pest that impact matured plants.

Young plant bugs: Cutworm, Scarabeid Beetle, Army worm, Grasshopper.

Agrotis ipsilon: It is frequently referred to as Cut worm. This bug impacts the seedlings and young Jatropha plants. If the plant is affected by the cutworm, the stem gets cut nearer to the soil surface and this will diminished the plant entirely.

Control: This bug can be managed by selecting the larva found around the plants or by blending the bran, sawdust with insecticides.

Scarabaeid Beetle: This pest damages the root of the young plant. Initially, the larva consumes the raw materials present in the soil and then concerns the root. The larva attack might kill the entire plant.

Control: The plant with great resistance power can get rid of the pest. For heavy attack, insecticides with components carbosulfan and carbofuran can be utilized to kill the insect.

Army worm: Spodoptera litura presence can be recognized by biting in the leaves. The serious infection might entirely eliminate the plants.

Control: Insecticides are utilized to manage the insects.

Grasshopper: This prevails pest found in a number of plants. Valanga nigricornis and Locusta migratoria extensively assaults the plant. The insect the young plant.

Control: The insecticides utilized betacyfluthrin, cypermethrin, thiodicarb, MIPC, and fipronil.

Pest observed in mature plants:

Pest of Stem: Ostrinia furnacalis, Xyleborus spp.

Ostrinia furnacalis and Xyleborus: This insect damages the jatropha curcas stem and it is commonly seen in Indonesia. The stem attacked by this pest usually drop. The existence can be recognized by the larva penetration hole at the stem.

Control: The Insecticide generally utilized to manage this bug is carbofuran.

Pest of leaf: The typical insects observed are leaf caterpillar, Neetle caterpillar, Leaf hopper, Mite, Ear corn caterpillar.

Leaf Caterpillar: This insect can eat all the leaves of the plant in short duration. The quality and yield of the seeds get lowered due to the heavy attack.

Control: This can be managed by picking the old larvae around the surface and discarding the assaulted leaves.

Needle Caterpillar: This caterpillar is covered with spinal columns and produces a burning experience when enabled to contact with skin as it produces certain chemical substance. Initially the insect crowded in the leaf and after that spread out all over the plant when it gets older.

Control: Manually, the pest can be killed only by soaking it in water or kerosene. The heavy attack can be managed by spraying organophosphate insecticides.

Leaf Hopper: This insect is found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. The insect targets the leaf and draws all the nutrients of the leaf and gets curls at the tip. Later, the entire leaf dry and die.

Control: The heavy attack can be controlled by utilizing insecticides like imidachloprid, beta cyfluthrin or carbosulfan.

Mite: Mite likewise attacks the leaf and makes the whole plant weak. The bug presence can be identified when the leaf become yellow-colored, diminishes, reddens and fall down. The bug can also be spread out through fallen leaves.

Control: Some preventive procedures can be simulated correct sanitation and burning the fallen leaves. Heavy attack can be dealt with by spraying insecticides.

Some dreadful pest which assaults flower and fruit are, Stink bug (Nezara viridula)

Chrysocoris javanus, Tip borer caterpillar.

Stink Bug: Sting bug is a severe bug which assaults the plant throughout bloom duration so the crop yield entirely falls down. This bug is seen around the tropical area.

The hazardous enzyme in the plant shrinks the entire plant.

Control: Insecticides recommended for this pest is chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, alfamethrin, and lamda cyhalothrin.

Tip borer caterpillar: The insects commonly takes place attacks the plant in blooming season and this pest is seen commonly in tropical regions. The female bug laid the eggs on the tender part of the plant and the young larvae feed the young fruits and plant pointers.

Control: Manually, the attacked seeds are advised to burn. The insecticides like monocrotophos and bensultap are sprayed at the flowering season.