Nature of Damage:
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Female moths lay egg on tender leaves. After hatching, young larvae enter the midrib of leaves and then enter into young shoots through the growing points by tunneling downwards.
Larvae of this moth bore into the young shoot resulting in dropping of leaves and wilting of shoots. Larvae also bore into the inflorescence stalk. There are four overlapping generations of the pest in a year and it overwinters in pupal stage.

Management:
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Field sanitation
Collect and destroy the infested plant parts
Summer ploughing to expose the pupae.
Spray carbaryl 50WP 0.1%.