Chemical Control of Sugarcane Pests
| Pests | Insecticide |
| Borers Early shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus Snellen |
Chlorpyriphos 20 Ec @ 5 lit/ ha as whorl application |
| Internode borer, Chilo sacchariphagus indicus(Kapur) | Chemical control not feasible and ineffective |
| Top borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis | Carbofuran 3G @ 1kg a.i/ha Phorate 10G @ 3 kg a.i/ha as soil application |
| Stalk Borer, Chilo auricilius Dudgeon | Chemical control not feasible and ineffective |
| Root borer, Emmalocera depressella Swinhoe | Insecticides are not effective |
| Plassey borer, Chilo tumidicostalis | Insecticides are not effective |
| Gurdsapur borer, Acigona steniellus (Hampson) | Insecticides are not effective |
| Subteranean pests Termites |
Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @5 lit/ha as sett drenching. Sett soaking in lindane should be avoided to prevent germination loss. Confidor 4ml/10 lit of water as soil drenching |
| Whitegrub Holotrichia serrata Heteronychus sp |
Mixing insecticides with Farm Yard manure @100kg and applying in furrows to kill 1st instar larva. Application of Chlorpyriphos in soil to kill adults |
| Sucking Pests Pyrilla, Pyrilla perpusilla Wlk |
No insecticides are applied to save its parasitiods |
| Sugarcane Woolly aphid, Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehnt | Acephate 75 SP 2g / lit or Monocrotophos 36 EC 2ml /lit or Rogor 30EC 2ml /lit as spot application of infested clumps |
| Whitefly, Aleurolobus barodensis (Mask) Neomaskellia bergii Sign. |
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| Scale Insects, Melanaspis glomerata | Green Insecticides not effective |
| Black bug Cavelerius sweeti | ------ |
The list of Insecticides approved/ recommended by CIB&RC for sugarcane pests is provided in this link