Chemical Control of Sugarcane Pests

CANECON-2021 E – Poster Guidelines (Click for Details)

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.	.........
Scale Insects, Melanaspis glomerata	Green Insecticides not effective
Black bug Cavelerius sweeti	------