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Nature of damage:
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Adults and nymphs are found on the lower surface of leaves.
Insect having rasping- sucking type of mouth parts. They scrap epidermal layer of leaf and suck oozing cell sap. Due to scrapping, plant tissue become whitish and later on turn brown, curl up and at last dried up. Plant remains stunted.

Management :
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Spraying the crop with phosphamidon 45 % - 0.03% @ 5 ml or dimethoate 30 % EC – 0.03% @ 10 ml or methyl-o-demeton 25% EC – 0.025% @ 10 ml or imidacloprid 17.8% SL – 0.0050% @ 2.8 ml or thiomethoxam 25% WG – 0.0075% @ 3.0 ml or acetamaprid 20 SP – 0.004% @ 2.0 gm.

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