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Learn Fruit and Plantation Crop Production with Rahul
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Insect and pests of peach

a) Peach leaf curl aphid:

  • Attacks the plant in spring.
  • The nymph and adult suck the sap of new leaves and curl them.
  • Spraying diazinon @0.03% at 65 days interval or metasystox @ 0.1% at 20 days interval can control this disease.

 

b) Defoliation beetle:

  • Attacks the crop during rainy season by feeding on leaves and fruits.
  • Can be controlled by using light traps.