If you see velvet-looking white globules on your plants, you probably have an infestation of mealybugs. Mealybugs usually look like white cottony substances that can be found on the plant stem, at the base of the leaves, or right in the middle of your plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like many pests, mealybugs tend to favor new growth. Mealybugs suck sap from plant phloem, causing the leaves to yellow and eventually drop from the plant and they excrete sticky honeydew and wax, which reduces plant and fruit quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While papayas are its preferred host, the insect also affects a wide\nrange of crops, including cassava, beans, coffee, pepper, melon, guava, tomato,\neggplant, cotton, and jatropha, according to the IITA, implying that it could\ncause massive losses to economies if not controlled on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A mosquito-like insect Helopeltis (Helopeltis theivora) commonly known as \u2018mealy bug\u2019 has created havoc in gardens along Assam-Arunachal boundary areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tea planters in Siang Valley including East Siang, Lower Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh, and bordering Jonai (Assam), who are already bracing for low production owing to lack of rainfall during the summer season this year, have now been hit by mosquito bug menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A mosquito-like insect Helopeltis (Helopeltis theivora) commonly known as the \u2018mealy bug\u2019 has created havoc in gardens along Assam-Arunachal boundary areas since October this year. Tea planters fear that if the pest attack is not controlled, it will severely affect the quantity and quality of production of the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have suffered Helopeltis feed on the tender leaves and young\nbuds of tea plants and it sucks mostly in the morning. The infested parts\ninitially become brown and ultimately turned black and dry. According to\nscientists, a matured Helopeltis may create 100 sucking per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scout\nnow to determine presence or absence of leafroll virus and its vector,\nmealybugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n August\n27, 2014 – Author: Rufus Isaacs, and Keith Mason, Michigan State\nUniversity Extension, Department of Entomology, and Annemiek Schilder, MSU\nExtension, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mealybugs feeding on a\ngrape trunk, exposed after stripping off some bark. This photo shows mealybugs\nin different stages of development, and note the sticky honeydew droplets\nexcreted by these insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This 2014 summer, Michigan State University Extension staff have detected infestations of mealybugs in some southwest Michigan vineyards. Mealybugs are small, oval insects with a fuzzy, white covering, and they tend to occur in protected areas of the vine, especially under the loose bark. Some mealybugs can cause damage from their feeding and contamination of clusters, but others transmit viruses, making them much more of a concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the worst part about the mealybug infestation is? Mealybugs are very\ndifficult to manage with insecticides. Mealybugs are quick to develop\nresistance to synthetic pesticides. Various insecticidal soaps and sprays have\nproven failed against the mealybugs. So what can be done to protect your\nplants?<\/p>\n\n\n\n An effective and green solution needs to be devised to counter this destruction\nand C Tech Corporation<\/strong><\/a> has such a solution!<\/p>\n\n\n\n TermirepelTM<\/sup><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is an extremely low toxic and low hazardous insect and pest repellent produced by\u00a0C Tech Corporation<\/strong><\/a>. It can be best described as an insect-aversive repellent. It is effective against multiple other insects and pests like thrips, beetles, bugs, armyworms, etc. It works on the mechanism of repellence and therefore does not kill the target as well as non-target species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Being\nlow toxic, it does not harm the soil and environment. Termirepel™<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>can be added to a thin agricultural film to protect plants and other\ncrops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our product available in the form of masterbatch can be incorporated into polymeric applications like tree guards and fences, agricultural films and mulches, irrigation pipes, etc. to keep these pests away from the trees and crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The liquid concentrate can be mixed in paints and applied on the concrete fence around the gardens, farms, and buildings. The liquid concentrate can be applied to the interior and exterior of storage rooms used to store grains and other agricultural produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The product available in the form of lacquer can be used as a direct application and can be applied on tree trunks, wooden fences around trees, crops, and farms, already installed pipes, and polymeric parts from agricultural equipment like motors, tractors, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To\nkeep the mealybugs at the bay TermirepelTM<\/sup> insect repellent spray<\/strong><\/a> can\nbe sprayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com<\/a> if you have problems with these\ntiny bugs and other insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have a solution for you for more details about our product just head on to our websites- 1]\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Combirepel-411710912249274\/<\/a> If you see velvet-looking white globules on your plants, you probably have an infestation of mealybugs. 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