Sapota Pests

Pests of National significance

• Leaf webber: Nephopteryx eugraphella Ragonot (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae)
• Green scale: Coccus viridis Green (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Fruit fly: Bactrocera (Dacus) dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Bud borer: Anarsia achrasella, Latreille (Lepidoptera: Gelechidae)
• Sapota Seed Borer: Trymalitis margarias Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

• leaf spot: Phaeophleospora indica Chinnappa
• Leaf blight: Fusicoccum sapoticola Chinnappa V.G. Rao
• Sooty mould: Capnodium sp.
• Postharvest diseases
• Soft rot: Pestalotiopsis mangiferae (Henn.) Steyaert
• Fruit rot:

Weeds

• Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae)
• Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L. (Fabaceae)
• Congress grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)
• Horse Purslane: Trainthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)
• Crofton weed: Eupatorium odoratum L. (Asteraceae)
• Siam weed: Chromolaena odorata L. R.M. king H. Rob (Asteraceae)
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis L. (Amaranthaceae)
• Spurge: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)

• Crab grass Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Poaceae
• Yellow foxtail Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. Poaceae
• Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae
• Torpedo grass Panicum repens L. Poaceae Sedges
• Purple nutsedge Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Pests of Regional significance

• Mealybug: Ferrisia virgata Ckll (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae)

• Faciation: Botrydiplodia theobromae Pat.
• Phanerogamic parasites

IPM for Sapota

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Source:NIPHM Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine Storage