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Learn Fruit and Plantation Crop Production with Rahul
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Insects and pest of strawberry

a) Spider mite

  • Tetranychus urticae
  • Warm, spring weather
  • Blooms and developing fruit
  • Underside of leaves
  • Miticides

 

 

b) Flower thrips

  • Frankliniella cephalica
  • Wind-borne
  • Mistaken for powdery mildew, spray burn damage

 

c) Sap beetles

  • Lobiopa Insularis
  • Warm weather
  • These are also known as “picnic” beetles
  • Do not allow your berries to get over-ripe

 

d) Army Worm

  • Spodoptera eridania
  • Larvae feed on fruit & leaves
  • Prefer young, developing leaves
  • Nocturnal