Betelivine Pests

Pests of National Significance in Sunflower

Insect Pests

• Scale insect: Lepidosaphes ulmi L. (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Betelvine bug: Disphinctus politus Walk. (Hemiptera: Miridae)
• Mealy bug: Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Whitefly: Dialeurodes pallida Singh (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Red spider mites: Tetranychus Dufour (Arachnida: Tetranychidae)

Diseases

• Leaf stem and foot rot: Phytophthora spp.
• Leaf spot or anthracanose: Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) E.J. Butler & Bisby
• Sclerotial wilt or collar rots: Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.
• Powdery mildew: Oidium piperis Uppal, Kamat & Patel
• Bacterial leaf spot: Xanthomonas campestris Dowson Nematodes

Nematodes:

• Root-knot nematodes: Meloidogyne incognita Kofoid & White (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae)
• Reniform nematode: Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira (Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae)

Weeds

Broad leaf

• Yellow sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)
• Lambs quarter: Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae)
• Creeping Thistle: Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop (Asteraceae)
• Batthal: Launea nudicaulis (L.) Hook.f. (Asteraceae)
• Joyweed: Alternenthera sessiles (L.) R.Br. ex DC. (Amaranthaceae)
• Creeping wood sorrel: Oxalis corniculata L. (Oxalidaceae)
• Punarnava: Boerhavia diffusa L. (Nyctaginaceae)
• Common puruselene: Portulaee oleraceae L. (Portulacaceae)
• Common sorrel: Rumex dentatus L. (Polygonaceae)
• Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrurn L. (Aizoaceae) Grasses
• Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon L. (Poaceae)
• Blue grass: Poa annua L. (Poaceae) Sedges
• Nut grass: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Rodents

• Lesser bandicoot: Bandicota bengalensis Gray
• Black rat: Rattus rattus L.

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect Pests

• Black fly: Aleurocanthus woglumi Singh (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Thrips: Thrips tabaci L. (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)—West Bengal
• Aphids: Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)-West Bengal
• Yellow mite: Hetnyersonemus lotus -West Bengal

Diseases

• Fusarium wilt: Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc- West Bengal

Nematodes

• Stunt nematodes: Tylenchorhynchus sp- Bihar

IPM for Betelivine

To know the IPM practices for Betelivine, click here.

Source: NIPHM; Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage