• Mango is considered as king of all fruits. India produces 80%

of world's mangoes.

• About 175 species of insects have been reported damaging

mango plant.

• Pests like Mango Hoppers, Mealy Bug and Stone Borer

causes considerable damage during nursery stage of mango.

Introduction

Nature of Damage:

• Mango Hopper nymphs and adults suck

cell sap from the tender shoots during

rainy session.

• Infested leaves of Mango shrivel, turn

brown & ultimately fall down.

• Mango Hoppers secrete honeydew like

substance which encourage the growth of

black sooty mold which severely affects

photosynthetic activity of leaves.

• Mango hoppers are known to affect the

marketable quality of seedlings in the

nursery.

Mango Hoppers

Shoot Damage by Mango Leafhopper

Honeydew Secretion by Mango Leafhopper

Control

•Spray 0.05% Malathion 50 EC or 0.04%

Phosphamidon 85 EC in Oct- Nov.

•Fogging with Mixture of Malathion and Diesel

in 1.5 : 8.5 proportion.

•At higher level of hopper density (>4 hopper/

shoot), spray 0.005% Imidacloprid, while at

lower density (<4 hopper/shoot), spray 3000

ppm Azadirachtin @ 2ml/liter.

• Use of natural enemies of hoppers like

Reduviid and Irantha armiper.

•White fungus, Verticillum lacanii is also an

effective control.

Mango Hoppers

Mango Leafhopper

Host Plants:

Mango, Jackfruit, Guava, Papaya and

Lemon.

Nature of Damage :

Nymphs sucks sap from tender shoots and

leaves which dry and drop.

Mango Mealy Bug: Drosicha maniferae

Control

• Soil solarization and deep plough during summer to expose

eggs.

• Application of 5 cm wide sticky bands around stem in mid

December prevents nymphs from crawling up the seedling.

• Spray 2.5 ml Methyl Parathion in 10 liters of water.

Mango Mealy Bug

Nature of Damage :

• Mango Stone Borer attacks soft fleshy varieties of mango.

• Stone borer grub on hatching, create tunnel in a zigzag manner

through the pulp, endocarp and seed coat and reaches the

cotyledons and destroys them.

• Stone borer adult also feeds on the developing seeds and it

may hasten the maturity of infested fruits.

• Stone borer in Mango destroy the

germination viability of seed/ stone in

Mango nursery.

Mango Stone Borer Stemochetus mangiferae

Adult of Mango Stone Borer

Control

• Collect and destroy fallen fruits and

keep the mother plant block clean.

• Raking soil around tree in October-

November and March is helpful.

• Spraying 0.05% Diazinon on trunk of

mango tree and primary branches in

October-November.

Mango Stone Borer Stemochetus mangiferae

Grub of Mango Stone Borer

Infected Fruit by Mango Stone Borer