Drumstick Pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect pests

Except bark eating caterpillar all the insect pests of drumstick reported here are specific to drumstick (monophagous) (Satti et al. 2013)

• Moringa hairy caterpillar: Eupterote mollifera Walker (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae)
• Moringa budworm: Noorda moringae Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae)
• Leaf caterpillar: Noorda blitealis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyraustidae)
• Pod fly: Gitona distigma Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
• Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela tetraonis Moore (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)

Diseases

• Damping off: Pythium aphanidermatum (Edson) Fitzp, P. debaryanum R. Hesse, and Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn
• Twig canker: Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc

Weeds

Major Kharif weeds

• Pigweed: Amaranthus viridis Hook. F. (Amaranthaceae)
• Swine cress: Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm. (Brassicaceae)
• Black nightshade: Solanum nigrum L. (Solanaceae)
• Common purselane: Portulaca oleracea L. (Portualacaceae)
• False amaranth: Digera arvensis Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) Grasses
• Rabbit/crow foot grass: Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Beauv. (Poaceae)
• Crab grass: Digiteria sanguinalis (L.) Willd. (Poaceae)
• Barnyard grass: Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) Scop. (Poaceae)

• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cyperaceae)
• Flat sedge: Cyperus iria L. (Cyperaceae)

Major Rabi weeds

• Lamb’s quarter: Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae)
• Scarlet pimpernel: Anagallis arvensis L. (Primulaceae)
• Sweet clover: Melilotus indica (L.) All. (Fabaceae)
• Fine leaf fumitory: Fumaria parviflora Lam. (Fumariaceae)
• Corn spurry: Spergula arvensis L. (Caryophylliaceae)

• Blue grass: Poa annua L. (Poaceae)
• Canary grass: Phalaris minor Retz. (Poaceae)

IPM for Drumstick

To know the IPM practices for Drumstick, click here.

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