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Package of Practice - Vanilla
 
Pest Management
Leaf feeding beetles and caterpillars
Very few serious insect pests have been recorded on vanilla in India.
  Symptoms
 
  • A few species of leaf feeding caterpillars and beetles feed on leaves of vanilla.
  Management
 
  • Leaf feeding caterpillars and beetles can be controlled by spraying quinalphos 0.05%.
Sucking bug
  Symptoms
 
  • Adults and nymphs of the sucking bug Halyomorpha sp. infests tender shoot tips and emerging inflorescences resulting in their drying and rotting.
  Management
 
  • Spraying of endosulfan 0.05% on tender shot tips and emerging inflorescences is effective for the management of the sucking bug.
Snails
  Symptoms
 
  • Snails and slugs feed and damage tender shoot tips and leaves especially in moist and shaded areas in the plantations.
  Management
 
  • Hand picking and poison baiting would help in preventing the pest infestations.