Blackgram & Greengram Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect pests

• Pod borer: Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Spotted pod borer: Maruca vitrata Geyer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Spiny pod borer: Etiella zinckenella Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Grass blue butterfly: Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Bihar hairy caterpillar: Spilosoma obliqua Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Stem fly: Ophiomyia phaseoli Tryon (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
• Pod weevil: Apionam plum Faust (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Bean aphid: Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Leaf hopper: Empoasca kerri Latreille ( Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
• Podfly: Melanagromyza obtusa (Malloch) (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
• Lablab bug: Coptosoma cribraria (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Plataspididae)
• Whitefly: Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Thrips: Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Blister beetle: Mylabris spp (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Nematodes

• Cyst nematode: Heterodera cajani Koshi (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae)
• Root knot nematode: Meloidogyne incognita (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae)

Diseases

• Anthracnose: Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Briosi & Cavara
• Bacterial leaf blight: Xanthomonas phaseoli Dowson
• Cercospora leaf spot: Cercospora canescens
• Powdery mildew: Erysiphe polygoni
• Root rot and leaf blight: Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn
• Rust: Uromyces phaseoli G. Winter (Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae)
• Macrophomina blight: Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.
• Yellow mosaic disease: Mungbean yellow mosaic virus
• Leaf crinkle disease: Leaf crinkle virus

Weeds

Broad leaf

• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook F. (Amaranthaceae)
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk (Amaranthaceae)
• Horse purslane: Trianthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae)
• Tick weed: Cleome viscosa L. (Capparidaceae)
• Stonebreaker: Phyllanthus niruri L. (Euphorbiaceae)
• Common lambsquarter: Chenopodium album L.(Chenopodiaceae)
• Burclover: Medicago denticulata Willd (Fabaceae)
• Canada thistle: Cirsium arvensis (L.) Scop (Asteraceae)
• Field bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis L. (Convolvulaceae)
• Three flowered tickerfoil: Desmodium trifl orum (L.) DC (Fabaceae)

Grasses

• Goose grass: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner (Poaceae)
• Rabbit/crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd (Poaceae)
• Barnyard grass: Echinocloa crusgalli (L.) Beauv. And Jungle rice E. Colona (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)

Sedges

• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect and mite pests

• White grub: Holotrichia sp (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (Haryana)
• Red spider mite:Tetranychus sp (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) (Gujarat)

Nematodes

• Stunt nematode: Telenchorhynchus sp (Tylenchida: Belonolaimidae)
• Lesion nematode: Pratylenchus sp (Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae)

IPM for Blackgram & Greengram

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