Mango Stem Borer Treatment

Mango Stem Borer Treatment

Symptoms of damage

• Grub tunnels in the sapwood on the trunk or branches
• Grub bore into the sap wood and macking irregular tunnels.
• Feeding the vascular tissues
• interruption of nutrient and water transport on the tissue
• Drying of terminal shoot in early stage
• Frass comes out from several points and sometimes sap oozes out of the holes
• Wilting of branches or entire tree

Identification of pest

• Grub – Linear, fleshy, apodous

• Adult – Grayish beetle with two pink dots and lateral spine

Chemical Treatment:

• Remove and destroy dead and severely affected branches of the tree
• Remove alternate host, silk cotton and other hosts
• Grow tolerant mango varieties viz., Neelam, Humayudin.
• Swab Coal tar + Kerosene @ 1:2 or Carbaryl 50 WP 20 g / l (basal portion of the trunk – 3 feet height) after scraping the loose bark to prevent oviposition by adult beetles.
• Padding with monocrotophos 36 WSC 10 ml in 2.5 cm /tree soaked in absorbent cotton.
• If infestations are severe then apply the copper oxychloride paste on the trunk of the tree.
• Hook out the grub from the bore hole – apply monocrotophos 36 WSC 10 to 20 ml/ hole
• One celphos tablet (3 g aluminum phosphide) per hole
• Apply carbofuran 3G 5 g per hole and plug with mud.

Organic Treatment:

In our Natural Mangoes, ARNV farm we practice the organic treatment process for mango trees to control any pests. All our mangoes are organically produced without any chemical pesticides.

• View the below YouTube video and follow the instructions regarding organic treatment methods for Mango Trees which are affected with Stem Borer.

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YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYoJ5TzJrxc