Cardamom
Thrips
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Eggs kidney shaped lays singly in the tender part of the leaf sheath, racemes
Adult: is minute, dark greyish brown with fringed wings.
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Management
Shoot, panicle and capsule borer
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Egg: is pink, oval, flat and lays singly or in group on the tender part of the plant
Larva: is long, pale greenish with a pinkish was dorsally, head and pro-thoracic shield brown in colour and body covered with minute hairs arising on wards.
Pupa: Pupation takes place in lose silken cocoon in larval tunnel.
Adult: is a medium sized moth; the wings are pale yellowish with black spots on the wings.
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Management
Beetle Borer
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Adult: small, dark brown, cylindrical beetle with short thick erect hairs covered all over body.
The elytra are hard and shiny.
Management
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Hairy caterpillars
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
E. cardamomi
Eggs: Dome shaped and lay on undersurface of the leaves of shade trees.
Larva: Robust, bluish black with pale brown head, white hairs and dorsal conical tuff of hairs.
Pupa: Pupation takes place in soil
Adult: Large moth, pale yellow with wavy lines and a series of spots near the outer margin of wings
E. canaraica
Eggs: Pale yellowish in colour and lays on the undersurface of the leaves of shade trees.
Larva: Robust with red head and black ‘V’ shaped vertex border.
Pupa: Pupation takes place in soil
Adult: Large moth brownish yellow with two diagonal bunds and zig zag lines on wings.
E. fabia
Larva: Robust, dark purplish brown with black head, grey tipped long hairs and red prologs.
Pupa: Pupation takes place on dried leaves
Adult: Large bright yellow moth with prominent black wavy lines and patches on wings.
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Management
Shoot fly
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Eggs: cigar shaped and white colour and is laid in between leaf sheath and pseudostem on the whorl.
Adult: Fly
Management
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White flies
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Nymphs: are pale greenish to greenish yellow in colour.Adult: with two pairs of white wings.
Adult: with two pairs of white wings.
Management
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Cardamom aphid
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Wingless aphid is dark brown, pyriform.
Winged aphids have wings having prominent black veins
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Management
Root grubs
Symptoms of damage
Identification of pest
Grubs: Short, stout, 'C' shaped, pale white in colour.
Adult: Beetles are shiny, metallic blue, bluish green, greenish brown or brown.
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Management