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Jackfruit Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect pests

  • Shoot and fruit borer: Glyphodes caesalis (Walker), (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
  • Spittle bugs: Cosmocarta relata Distant (Hemiptera: Cercopidae)
  • Mealybug: Drosicha mangiferae Stebbins (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
  • Bud weevil: Ochyromera artocarpi Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
  • Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela tetraonis (Moore) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
  • Aphid: Greenidea artocarpi (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
  • Leaf webber: Glyphodes bivitralis Gueneé (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Diseases:

  • Soft rot or fruit rot: Rhizopus artocarpi Racib.
  • Dieback: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.
  • Leaf spot: Phyllosticta artocarpina Speg.
  • Pink disease: Botryobasidium salmonicolaor (Berk. & Broome) & Corticium Salmonicolor (Berk. & Broome)

Weeds:

Broadleaf

  • Asthma herb: Euphorbia hirta L. (Euphorbiaceae)
  • Cock's comb: Celosia argentea L. (Amaranthaceae)
  • Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
  • Goat weed: Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)
  • Carrot grass: Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae)
  • Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L. (Fabaceae)
  • Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L. (Cappariaceae)
  • Horse Purslane: Trainthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)
  • Creeping thistle: Cirisium arvense (L.) Scop (Asteraceae)

Grasses

  • Bermuda grass: Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae)
  • Large crabgrass: Digitaria sanguinalis L.(Scop.) (Poaceae)
  • Yellow foxtail: Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. (Poaceae)
  • Goose grass: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner. (Poaceae)
  • Rabbit/crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)
  • Buffalow grass: Paspalum conjugatum Berggius (Poaceae)

Sedges

  • Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cypraceae)
  • Umbrella sedge: Cyperus difformis L. (Cyperaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect pests

  • Stem borer: Batocera rufomaculata (DeGeer) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
  • Pink waxy scale: Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
  • Thrips: Pseudodendrothrips dwivarna Ramakrishna & Margabandhu (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
  • Aphid: Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
  • Castor capsule borer: Dichocrocis punctiferalis (Gunee) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
  • Fruit fly: Bactrocera umbrosa Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Disease

  • Rust: Uredo artocarpi Berk. & Broome
  • Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. &. Sacc

IPM for Jackfruit

To know the IPM practices for Jackfruit, click here.

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

Last Modified : 2/23/2020



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